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Record grain movement masks systemic ills Long-term issues haven’t been addressed yet

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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ra i n s h i p p e r s a re n’t cheering too loudly about record grain movement in the 2014-15 crop year, and warn that costly grain backlogs like those in 2013-14 may recur.

“We don’t want people to read about this and say: ‘problem solved,’” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), said in an interview.

“It’s not solved.”

WGEA members were mostly happy with their rail service last crop year, he said, but it was a drop in other rail traffic, including oil, that freed up capacity to move more grain. Grain movement was already at full throttle when the crop year started because of a record 77-milliontonne crop in 2013. The federal government’s order that the railways move at least one million tonnes of grain a week or face fines also contributed, as did a milder winter in 2014-15 and good export sales.

“Now is the time to prepare for the inevitability of demand for rail service from all industries converging at a high point again,” Sobkowich said.

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Town meets country at the winter fair The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair might be an equestrian show, but it still attracts an audience of urbanites interested in agriculture

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon

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ith his two Belgian horses hovering over him, Zane Pickering entertained questions from passersby.

“These horses are pretty majestic, so I guess that a t t r a c t s p e o p l e ,” s a i d Pickering, as he prepared them for their time in the show ring at the Royal M a n i t o b a W i n t e r Fa i r (RMWF) “We have so many people stopping to look at them when we are preparing them for the show. Kids are always amazed at their size.”

The 109th Royal Manitoba Winter Fair was held from March 28 to April 2 at the Keystone Centre, housing an impressive display of equestrian events, entertainment, exhibitors and hands-on agriculture activities.

“This is a great event. We usually come to the RMWF as a warm-up to our competition season. We get some of our younger, more inexperienced horses involved to get them used to the travel and crowds,” said Pickering, who travelled with nine horses from Prince George, B.C. to take part in 22 heavy horse classes at the RMWF. Pickering competes in the tandem and six-horse events and has been on the show circuit for the past four years, and at the RMWF the past two years.

His team of horses and drivers generally competes in six to eight different events every year and he says since he began in the competition circuit, there seems to be an increase in interest.

“There definitely seems to

Zane Pickering prepares his heavy horses for their time in the show ring at last week’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. Photo: Jennifer Paige

be more competition compared to when we started and there are more faces in the stands for sure.”

Ag experience Although primarily an equestrian show, the RMWF also hosted ‘Thru the Farm Gate,’ an interactive showcase that strives to provide education about today’s agricultural practices.

“Our ag awareness area is a huge draw,” said Ron Kristjansson, general mana g e r o f t h e Pr ov i n c i a l Exhibition of Manitoba.

“Part of our mandate as an

ag society is to educate the public about agriculture. Particularly being in Brandon, where it’s maybe a bit more urban, we’re a bit of a link between the urban and the rural.”

Kr istjansson said the organization works closely with the farm commodity groups and most are eager to participate, with presentations and booths that bring the section to life.

“It’s a great area,” he said.

The University of Saskatchewan’s Western C o l l e g e o f Ve t e r i n a r y Medicine was on site and

offered attendees a chance to get a close-up look at animal organs, X-rays, microscopes and discuss animal health questions.

“We get a lot of inquiries about individual’s personal animals and we can talk in generalities but, of course we advise them to talk with their local vet,” said Myrna MacDonald, communications specialist with the college dean’s office. “Some people are curious about our research programs and how the findings help peoSee WINTER FAIR on page 7 »

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British charities hoping ‘Dragons’ Den’ model will tempt investors

Beef antimicrobials under pressure Public concern over antibiotic resistance will make demonstrating stewardship important

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Plan will allow the companies to access business support and ‘patient capital,’ says expert adviser

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CROPS Wheat exports trending up Canadian wheat exports are up, but why is a complex question

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usinesses in developing countries could soon be headed into the “Dragons’ Den.” British charities have created a syndicate through which investors can back hand-picked businesses in developing nations using a model similar to the TV series, in which entrepreneurs pitch ideas to prospective funders.

Around 70 per cent of small and medium-size businesses in developing countries cannot access capital, according to Christian Aid, which cofounded Access To Capital For Rural Enterprises (ACRE).

Local and global investors often see deals with smaller companies as too risky or expensive, said Joanna Heywood, who leads the ACRE program for Christian Aid. “There were a lot of enterprises we came across that were buying, or wanted to buy from, farmers and producers, and wanted to grow and expand, but were struggling to get beyond a certain growth stage,” Heywood said.

One of the projects selected is organic baobab tree-based products from Zimbabwe.

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The agency decided to look beyond its traditional work of aiding poor farmers in developing countries, seeking to address problems further up the supply chain.

They are hoping to secure investments in the so-called “missing middle” of between 100,000 pounds sterling (C$189,720) and one million pounds sterling.

So far, they have found seven investors, including individuals and impact investment firms, seeking to channel around four million pounds sterling to

enterprises they will select from a pool of 100.

The first deal, involving a Zimbabwean company, is now being put together, Heywood said.

Martin Rich, an investor who advised on the creation of ACRE, said it would allow the companies to access business support and “patient capital.”

ACRE is targeting enterprises that could transform the efficiency or scale of the market in which they operate.

They include a Zimbabwean producer of organic baobab tree-based products that lobbied the European Union to allow baobab imports into Europe, opening up a major new market.

ACRE also hopes to nurture women entrepreneurs and boost the incomes of women producers, in an effort to address the imbalance between the high proportion of farming done by women and the low level of assets they own, Heywood said.

Some two-thirds of the businesses in the ACRE pipeline are based in Africa, and just under half the total are involved in agriculture, with around 15 per cent in the energy sector.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

Grey market milk substitutes could see crackdown at Canada-U.S. border

U.S. processors are becoming adept at creating products that circumvent importation restrictions, critics say

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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he federal government is promising the dairy industry a crackdown on surging milk substitute imports.

NAFTA regulations exempt U.S. dairy producers from tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on milk protein products, giving them nearly unfettered access to the Canadian market for these products.

They’re used mainly to make cheese, and the dairy industry says the U.S. industry has become adept at finding and exploiting loopholes, creating a grey market that’s unfair to Canadian producers.

One of the most controversial issues is the use of “diafiltered” milk in cheese making.

Diafiltered milk is produced when water is added to milk and then ultrafiltered, causing soluble materials such as milk sugars to be removed and nonsoluble material such as milk fat to be retained, resulting in a product that’s more than 85 per cent protein, and thus exempt from any import restrictions when coming from the U.S.

What it is subject to are restr ictions on its use in cheese making, something the Canadian dairy industry says is happening more and more, and something the federal agriculture minister conceded to the Commons agriculture committee is a growing issue. “ We ’r e l o o k i n g a t a n approach that ensures that the cheese compositional standards are clear for everyone,” Minister Lawrence MacAulay said. “Under the standards, diafiltered milk was never meant to be allowed to be used as milk. We are working with the industry, and intend on having further discussions on this issue to ensure that standards are clear.”

Industry sources peg the value of the imports at $100 million annually, which cuts the demand for Canadianproduced milk. American studies have suggested half the dairy farmer income in the U.S. comes from government subsidies, giving them a significant and unfair advantage, the Canadian industry says.

With the dairy supplement management system facing increased cheese imports under

the budget that it would fix the diafiltered issue by clarifying the compositional standards.

The group also said the government needed to address confusion and a lack of coherence between the Canadian Border Services Agency, that enforces the regulations at the border, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, that creates them.

They also noted some importers are also exploiting loopholes in a program that allows manufacturers to defer paying duties for up to four years when the material will be later re-expor ted. DFC said the program was never intended for food products, and there’s a supply management-specific program that these products should fall under. They also chided the government for failing to act quickly to resolve the issue.

“The government is fully aware of the impact of these issues, and of their solutions,” DFC said in a release. “There is political consensus on the issues – everyone agrees that they are an easy fix – and yet, the government continues to take no action.”

“Under the standards, diafiltered milk was never meant to be allowed to be used as milk.”

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the Canada-Europe free trade deal and significant increases in milk imports under the proposed Trans-Pacific Pact, the industry has been trying to firm up its domestic position with new pricing options, the minister noted. No agreements have been reached.

“There are discussions taking place with the processors and the industry in different provinces,” he said. “What I am trying to do... is make sure that all of the sectors understand the regulations and what standards are required.”

Quebec Conservative MP Jacques Gourde, a parliamentary secretary for agriculture in the Harper government, said U.S. companies “are quite imaginative in inventing products to ship milk into Canada that circumvent Canadian rules.”

He noted diafiltered milk isn’t

used to make cheese in the U.S. and to his knowledge there’s no use of it at all south of the border.

“It was developed solely to get across our border,” he said.

“Americans don’t eat cheese made with this stuff and no Canadian should either.”

NDP Agriculture Critic Ruth Ellen Brosseau said she’s been told that diafiltered milk imports cost individual dairy farmers about $1,000 a week in lower sales. She urged MacAulay to show more leadership in fixing the problem by enforcing the rules. Brosseau has raised the issue repeatedly in the Commons.

MacAulay said there are still different approaches among the provinces that have to be resolved.

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Sali said the groups decided to act because Freeland has promised consultations on the TPP but so far it has all been an unstructured private process.

“We wanted to offer a way to get Canadians’ views on the public record,” she said.

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purred on by what they say is official foot-dragging, four anti-TPP groups are teaming up to provide Canadians with a platform to tell the government what they think of the trade deal.

The Council of Canadians, OpenMedia, Stand (for merly ForestEthics) and SumOfUs have created the website LetsTalkTPP.ca, where members of the public can send their views on the deal to Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Commons trade committee.

And while they might not favour the deal themselves, the groups insist it’s for all Canadians to share their thoughts.

Meghan Sali, digital rights specialist with OpenMedia, said the site is designed as a conduit and there is no ability to moderate comments intended for the decision-makers.

“There will be no censorship of people’s views,” Sali said. “We just want to

the deal’s ability to overwrite national laws regarding environmental protection. Sali also singled out health care as an area of concern, claiming the deal would make pharmaceuticals more expensive and undermine health-care privacy.

In addition to the committee study, which will result in a report to Parliament on public views on the deal, Freeland has promised a full parliamentary debate ahead of ratification.

She insists the Trudeau government won’t be pressured by the Conservatives or business lobbies into rushing a final decision on TPP. Last month, Freeland signed the tentative agreement reached during the Oct. 19 federal election campaign to keep Canada in the negotiations.

“The deal is not yet open for either signature or ratification,” she said. “We understand that on a deal this big, it is essential to consult Canadians and have a full parliamentary debate.”

The deal doesn’t have to be approved until 2017.

groups say one study estimates Canada will lose at least 58,000 jobs because of the deal.

The only public hearings on the TPP are being by the trade committee, but they have been mainly with business groups and individuals that support the deal. It hopes to hold public hearings across Canada later this year, says chairman Mark Eyking. The committee is open to Canadians sending it their opinions on the deal.

Sali says opposition to the many parts of the TPP brought the groups together.

“Lots of people want to make their voice heard — the more Canadians find out about the TPP, the less they like it,” she said. “So far, the public have been completely excluded from the TPP process and it’s no wonder we’ve got such a terrible deal. To turn things around, the government needs to start listening.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Too many organizations

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few years ago, a group of Japanese wheat millers was touring the Canadian Wheat Board building in Winnipeg. In the transportation department, where there was a large wall map showing all the rail lines in Western Canada, they received the standard presentation on logistics. The presenter explained that to save distance and costs, wheat from Alberta and western John Morriss Saskatchewan went to Vancouver and Associate Publisher wheat in eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba went to Thunder Bay. This was greeted with concern, and much discussion began among the group. Eventually, through a translator, one of the millers explained the problem. “We thought we were buying Manitoba wheat. You’re telling us it comes from Alberta?”

The confusion came from the name change for wheat grades in 1971. The official name for top-grade Canadian red spring wheat had been “No. 1 Manitoba Northern,” and although it was generally shortened to “No. 1 Northern” here on the Prairies, some overseas buyers to this day refer to it as “Manitoba” wheat. Perhaps because it rankled our neighbours to the west, in 1971 the grade unfortunately became the soulless “Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS)” which many buyers have shortened to “queers.”

“Northern” is being revived for the new red spring class this year, and though it might be churlish to mention it, that name will be applied not to CWRS but to a new class which essentially means “same as in the U.S.” But we digress. The problem was easily resolved with the Japanese millers after it was explained while the name had been changed, the same high standards applied to all wheat from Western Canada, regardless of where it was grown, and that wheat from all three provinces might often be mixed in a cargo.

However, that point sometimes seems to be lost here in Western Canada. With minor variations, we’re growing the same types and varieties of grain and oilseeds across the Prairies, and they all end up blended in the hold of the same vessel, but we have separate provincial research and promotion organizations.

It’s one thing to have provincial general farm organizations to represent producers’ interest in areas of agronomy, environment, taxation and other areas of provincial jurisdiction.

In other areas such as research and marketing, Prairie producers are better off combining efforts, avoiding duplication and speaking with one voice.

Based on the most recent annual reports, the three Prairie canola grower organizations had expenditures of $14.8 million, of which only 28 per cent went to research.

So far the wheat commissions seem to be doing better in that regard — of total expenditures of $5.6 million last year, the Saskatchewan Wheat Commission spent 75 per cent on research. In Alberta it was only 36 per cent on research out of expenditures of $4.7 million. The figures for Manitoba’s much smaller commission were not available at press time.

These organizations are funded by new producer checkoffs that sprang up after the end of the wheat board monopoly. But since 1981 there had already been a checkoff for the Western Grain Research Foundation, which was already doing a fine job of allocating research funds for wheat and barley. Why do we need three more organizations doing the same thing?

If three wheat commissions aren’t enough, we also now have Cereals Canada, with board members from the Alberta and Manitoba wheat commissions (but not Saskatchewan’s) as well as from the grain companies and seed/chemical companies.

Cereals Canada has appointed itself as the organization to “provide leadership for the Canadian cereals industry.” Among its priorities are to “serve to inform the direction for research and innovation in the cereals sector,” and its stated first key area of focus is “understanding what our customers want.”

Presumably that’s now the role of the grain companies, plus the Canadian Grain Commission and Canadian International Grains Institute, which have decades of expertise in working with customers, but which are conspicuously absent from the Cereals Canada board of directors.

Meanwhile, we already had the Canada Grains Council, which has the vision “To be the leading recognized forum of the grains industry throughout Canada,” and which has some of the same board members as Cereals Canada, as well as Cereals Canada itself.

Then there’s the Grain Growers of Canada, again with some of the same members, and which has a mission of “Pursuing a policy environment that maximizes global competitiveness of Canadian farmers.”

Cereals Canada makes much of setting itself to provide a united voice among all these organizations. Maybe the problem isn’t the lack of a united voice, but too many organizations, and a lot of checkoff dollars going to plane fares and hotel bills for the representatives going to each others’ meetings. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Who will feed us in the future?

By Dan Mazier

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anitobans put a priority on eating local food, and that means we need local farmers to produce that food.

But alarmingly, we’re losing them in droves.

The average age of a farmer in Manitoba is 55, so retirement for many is on the horizon.

On the other hand, the high cost of buying and running a farm business has resulted in a 73 per cent drop over 20 years in the number of farmers younger than 35.

Young farmers are telling me that securing farmland has become just too cost prohibitive. Land in southwestern Manitoba, for example, has been selling at up to $2,000 an acre more than it did five or six years ago — so an average-size farm could cost $3 million for the land alone. It’s very difficult for young people to carry this debt load as they begin their careers.

Even if a young farmer chooses to rent land instead of buying, the costs to operate the farm can also be prohibitive. Sixteen years ago it cost just under $250,000 in annual expenses to run an average-size farm in Manitoba.

Currently, that same farm requires almost $500,000 to keep it running for a year, based on inputs, land and machinery costs, depreciation, storage and labour.

With these expenses, one bad season could wipe a young farmer out. Not having equity in the farm business means one flood, one drought, one early frost, a decline in livestock prices — and they would not be able to pay what they borrowed for operating expenses.

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Young farmers entering agriculture or those having recently entered need backup in the form of solid and meaningful programs that will help them to lower their risk.

Only then will we see more farmers under the age of 35 entering the business.

I call on political parties and candidates to make support for young farmers a priority in this election, and Manitobans agree.

A recent poll by Keystone Agricultural Producers shows that 82 per cent of Manitobans want to see government do more to assist young farmers. Those of us in the agriculture industry are concerned about its future, and it appears other Manitobans are too.

There are existing programs to manage risk for all farmers, but these have been significantly watered down to the point that many wonder whether buying into them is worth it. Not only does the next government need to return these programs back to pre2013 levels, but it must also make special concessions within them for young farmers.

I would also like to see new and innovative programs that encourage, support and assist young farmers so they can continue the agricultural tradition in Manitoba of producing food for local families.

By providing this assistance, the next government will ensure Manitobans can continue to access safe and affordable local food.

Dan Mazier is president of Keystone Agricultural Producers. He farms grains and oilseeds near Justice, Manitoba.

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ou could renew your old discer or one-way for $350 or less and save up to $2,100 with a bearing set advertised

by Loewen Manufacturing in our April 4, 1968 issue.

That April was a big month in world news — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson announced he would not seek re-election, Reverend Martin Luther King was assassinated and Pierre Elliott Trudeau was elected Liberal leader.

We reported that following a two-day meeting in Boissevain, the Turtle Mountain Resource Council was officially recognized by the Manitoba government as the first inter-municipal resource council to be recognized as an official spokesman on resource conservation. The council later became a Conservation District. Our editorial that week praised the initiative and noted the urgent need to deal with soil erosion and other problems in the area, including the indiscriminate draining of potholes.

At the Municipal Tree Maintenance seminar in Winnipeg, a Canada Department of Agriculture representative raised concern about downwind damage from indiscriminate use of pesticides.

In the Legislature, Agriculture Minister Harry Enns had introduced a bill that would lift the $2-per-head penalty on horned cattle for a three-year trial to see if it might affect the number moving to market, which was estimated at 12 per cent. The Legislature defeated a Liberal motion to have the bill sent to committee for further study.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Getting our research priorities right Investment in research is critical to the future of the industry fields. The value chain as a whole is working on setting the key priorities in each of these critical areas.

Canada has a strong history of public research.

Many parts of the country were opened to settlement because of public agricultural research. We should not forget this history and the lesson it teaches for the future. However, public research is not carried out in isolation.

If Canada can do a better job of co-ordinating public, private, and producer investments than our competitors like Australia or the U.S., funds will flow into our industry. We can become the first choice for investment opportunities if we ensure funding from each source is complementary.

The recently announced partnership between Canterra Seeds, Alberta Wheat Commission, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada serves as an example of new ways of bringing forward innovation in Canada. The new public/private/producer partnership takes advantage of the strengths of all three organizations. The result is additional investment in innovation and variety development in Canada and more choice for Canadian farmers. Successful strategic research planning will help foster more partnerships like this in the future.

Ensuring cereal grains are profitable for all involved is the ultimate goal of strategic investments in innovation. We want to see farmers choose to grow cereals because of strong profit margins. We want to see investment in innovation flow into Canada and our cereals industry because of a strong return on this investment. We want to see our customers coming back year after year because Canada consistently delivers what they want.

This is how long-run success will be measured.

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Ken Sigurdson Swan River

Disappointing climate change contribution The Manitoba Co-operator is a terrific newspaper, and very well respected.

Consequently it is with disappointment that I write to tell you I feel your standards have been compromised with the publishing of Brian Ransom’s attempt to discredit climate change data.

He should not have been given the space to clumsily refute scien-

tific claims from around the world, including your own contributor Daniel Betze, with his own biased ‘interpretation’ of Brandon’s weather records.

Many people, including Mr. Ransom, do not understand the complex climatological processes underway and should read on the subject to familiarize themselves with the topic, that we may all be better prepared for the future.

Terry Fehr Gladstone

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37.4

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hours (kWh). In Manitoba this costs us $1,361 while in Saskatchewan for the same amount of power we pay $1,966. So our farm pays $605 a month more in Saskatchewan than Manitoba.

For usage over 19,500 kWh the rate in Manitoba is 3.7 cents per kWh while the rate in Saskatchewan is 4.9 cents per kWh. This rate is 32 per cent higher in Saskatchewan.

Manitobans pay no corporate tax on the first $450,000 of taxable income but in Saskatchewan the rate is two per cent. So a small business or farm with maximum taxable income of $450,000 would pay $9,000 in taxes in Saskatchewan and no taxes in Manitoba. These Manitoba tax savings apply to all small business in our community.

On the income side of the equation, we have had our income drastically reduced by the arbitrary removal by the Ritz/Harper government of the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board.

It should be noted and clear to everyone that Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Manitoba Conservative Leader Brian Pallister were both advocates of ending the Canadian Wheat Board.

On our 2,000-acre farm we lost over $400,000 on our wheat sales over the last two years due to this decision.

Brian Pallister’s ideas have been part of the problem, not the solution.

Bad decisions should not be rewarded and a solution is not achieved by electing the problem.

Cam Dahl is president of Cereals Canada, which represents the full value chain of Canadian cereal crops, including farmers, grain handling, processing and exporting firms, and crop development and seed companies.

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As a farmer, I view Brian Pallister’s comparison of taxes between Manitoba and Saskatchewan as misleading and incomplete. We need to look at total costs and income to farmers, as this is the normal process in all budgets.

We farm in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba and last year our crop insurance premiums for identical coverage were $11.68 an acre in Manitoba and $20.16 an acre in Saskatchewan.

With identical coverage on 1,000 acres in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan, we paid $8,480 less for crop insurance premiums in Manitoba.

For grain drying and aeration during harvest, the typical power usage per month is 19,500 kilowatt

This is why shippers and exporters were invited to participate and present to a group of researchers. Marketers provide a critical link back to the end-use customer. It seems rather obvious that we must produce innovation that our customers want to buy, if we are going to be successful. We cannot develop a strong plan for research in Canada without including the people who interact with our customers on a daily basis.

Research is about more than variety development. Research also includes work on determining the agronomic practices that will get the most out of new developments, as well as developing new ways of combating diseases and insects.

Strategic research includes collaboration across the country on extension and communication of research results. After all, the greatest advancement in the world will not mean much if it does not move out of the laboratory and into farmers’

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askatoon recently saw a meeting of some of the most important minds in Canadian wheat research.

The workshop included public and private researchers from across Canada, farmers from coast to coast, and Canadian exporters.

The goal was to move forward on the development of key priorities for Canadian wheat research.

Why is this important? Federal and provincial governments are beginning the process of developing the next set of agricultural programming. A key focus of agricultural spending will be innovation and research. All governments need to know that scarce tax dollars are being spent in an effective manner.

To give this assurance, the Canadian wheat value chain needs to present governments with a clear strategic plan for research. We took a big step in that direction in Saskatoon.

It is not just governments that benefit from a strategic vision. Producers are funding about 30 per cent of public research through their provincial checkoffs. This is a critical investment in the future of the industry. A national strategic research plan will help provincial organizations achieve their own priorities, and help ensure their members’ needs are being met.

Strategic research must consider the fact there are two customers for innovation. Farmers must benefit from new varieties developed for Canadian growing conditions. If farmers don’t benefit, innovation will never make it to the field, and investment will be lost. But farmers are not the only customers for innovation. Research and variety development must also take into account the needs of end-use customers. What do customers want to buy from Canada? What are those unique quality characteristics from Canada that gain a premium from both international and domestic customers?

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“If those forecasts are accurate then long-standing, systemic system failures will reemerge.�

Last record in 1983-84 A record 35.8 million tonnes of bulk grain were loaded from western port terminals, says the 2014-15 annual report released last week by Quorum Corporation, Canada’s government-appointed grain monitor.

That’s up 15 per cent from 31.1 million tonnes in 2013-14 and slightly more than the previous record of 31.9 million set in 1983-84, said Quorum’s president Mark Hemmes. “More grain moved through the grain-handling and transportation system (GHTS) in the 2014-15 crop year than at any other point in the history of the grain-monitoring program (GMP),� Hemmes said in an email. The GMP began in 2000, but includes data from 1999, Hemmes said.

Several post-1999 records were set including: • 20.6 million tonnes of grain shipments from Vancouver ports; • 6.2 million tonnes from the Port of Prince Rupert; • 8.5 million tonnes from Thunder Bay. “Both the first and the fourth quarters (of 2014-15) saw shipments reach over 10 million tonnes for the first time in the history of the GMP,â€? the report says. “These gains marked a high-water mark for the GHTS, which benefited from a strong and steady inbound flow of railway hopper cars.â€?

The record 54.86 million tonnes of Canadian crops exported between Aug. 1, 2014 and July 31, 2015 was just slightly higher than 2013-14 exports of 53.8 million, Statistics Canada data shows.

Less efficient but more grain The system, as measured by slightly longer rail car cycle and grain transit times, was a little less efficient than in 201314‌ “but it moved a hell of a lot more grain,â€? Hemmes said. “The minute reduction in efficiency is an anomaly. The bottom line: for everybody from the country to the port terminals, it was a far, far better year overall.â€?

Both the grain companies and railways were happy with their performance. “I think we have demonstrated that if the railways move more we will keep up with that,� said Sobkowich, whose organization represents Western Canada’s major grain companies. “It takes away the rail argument about operating 24/7.�

Canadian National transported record volumes of western grain in 2014-15 — up five per cent from the record crop production year of 2013-14,� Mark Hallman, CN’s director of communications and public affairs, said in an email It shows government-ordered minimum grain volumes in 2014 were unnecessary, he added.

Minimum grain volume mandates and extended interswitching should not be extended when they expire this summer, Hallman said. Commercial relationships and a stable regulatory environment are essential for a well-functioning system, he said.

Canadian Pacific (CP) spokesman Jeremey Berry credited their performance, in part, to CP’s dedicated train program (DTP), which allows shippers to manage cars. “CP does not favour one product or commodity over another and is well positioned to move grain in line with the needs of its customers,� Berry wrote in response to claims otherwise. “CP is committed to hauling grain

and has continuously delivered on this commitment by moving record amounts.�

Berry also said to be more efficient the system must operate around the clock.

Railway improvement needed The railways have to provide more consistent service first, countered Curt Vossen, Richardson International’s president and CEO. Ten to 45 per cent of the time there are no cars unloading at port terminals, he said in an interview citing data collected by the Ag Transport Coalition, which includes grain companies. “What we’ll have (when operating 24/7)... is guys sitting around twiddling their thumbs waiting for cars that aren’t going to show up,� he said.

More grain moved in 2014-15, but often not when the railways said it would, Vossen said. “That means you’ve got... vessels waiting for grain that doesn’t get there,� he said. “At a high level they moved more grain.

Are we happy with that? Yes, but there are a lot of other measures that aren’t really reflected and many of those speak directly to the efficiency of the system.�

Hemmes has often said Canada has the best grain-handling and transportation system in the world and 2014-15 demonstrated what’s possible. “But when you’ve got that long of a haul and the terrain, geography and climate we have to go through, having the best system isn’t good enough,� he said. “Best isn’t going to cut it if you can’t be reliable.� allan@fbcpublishing.com FOR MORE INFORMATION Get the full report at: www.grainmonitor.ca/reports. html#AnnualReports

Richardson International head condemns CTA review panel

Curt Vossen says the report ignores shippers’ concerns and reflects the railways’ position on the Canadian Transportation Act

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

The head of Canada’s biggest grain company is deeply disappointed with the Canadian Transportation Act review panel’s report. “I think the report (released in February) misses the point,� said Richardson International’s president and CEO Curt Vossen in a recent interview. “Very little of the concerns and observations put forward by shippers are included in that report. I look at it and I am disappointed. And it’s not just grain. I think all shippers’ views have largely been dismissed.�

The uncritical report simply fortifies the railway view that all is well and they did what they need to do, Vossen said, a view he doesn’t share. “I don’t agree. I think the report is very remiss and very insubstantial in its conclusions,� he said.

Vossen said he agrees with those who think the report, based on industry consultations overseen by former cabinet minister David Emerson, reads as if it were written by the railways.

The report recommends the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) be phased out over seven years. That regulation caps the total amount of money the railways can collect for shipping grain, while guaranteeing the railways a profit and freight rate flexibility.

Most farm groups and the Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA), which represents the West’s major grain companies, say removing the MRE will result in higher shipping costs without improving service.

The railways contend regulations, including the MRE, discourages railway investments. “In CN’s view, normal commercial

relationships and a stable regulatory environment are essential for an effective, well-functioning rail transportation marketplace, including that for grain,� CN spokesman Mark Hallman said in an email.

The report also failed to recommend the railways be subject to penalties when they fail to meet service levels agreed to in contracts with grain shippers — something the WGEA has sought for several years.

Vossen isn’t the only grain company boss to condemn the report. “They should throw the report in the garbage,� Paterson Global Foods chief executive officer Andrew Paterson told Reuters in February. “It is very railroad friendly.�

No accountability For grain companies it boils down to a lack of railway accountability, Vossen said. They can promise to deliver a certain number of cars during a specific period, but when they don’t there are no penalties.

However, in contrast the grain companies must load and unload cars within 24 hours. “If I fail to do so I lose my incentives or I’m penalized,� Vossen said. “You want to hold us accountable 100 per cent of the time, then we want to hold you accountable 100 per cent of the time.�

Vossen said he doesn’t hold the railways accountable for things they can’t control, such as the coldest winter in 100 years in 2013-14. “But I blame them for the things that were under their control — like cutting back on crews and power and not allowing for surge capacity,� he said. “I blame them for that because it was very short sighted and selfserving.� allan@fbcpublishing.com

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A crowd favourite in the Ag Awareness section appeared to be the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba display, where four dairy cows soaked up the attention and feed from fairgoers.

“The most common question we have been asked is about the tie stalls,” said Lindsay Medwid, representative from Dair y Farmers of Manitoba. “People are concerned as to why the animals are tied up and it really presents us a great opportunity to talk to them about certain processes in the dairy industry and why we do things the way we do. Of course, we also get asked if the brown cow is where chocolate milk comes from quite a bit as well.”

The RMWF also hosted a cattle show and presented a few cattle seminars with tips on preparing cattle for the show ring.

“Young people from area cattle shows and 4-H have been staging presentations to share insight about all that’s involved in raising cattle from birth to market,” said Kristjansson. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

Heavy horses were one of the many features drawing attendees to the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon last week. Photos: Jennifer Paige

Lucus Vanderkamp, who travelled from his dairy farm that’s located 20 miles east of Beausejour to work at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair dairy demonstration, explains the process of milking a cow to fair attendees.

Justin Carvey from Alexander put on a cattle-grooming demonstration at last week’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.

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April 18: CropLife Canada’s Manitoba provincial council annual general meeting, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Canadian International Grains Institute, 1000-303 Main St., Winnipeg.

April 29: Invasive Species Council of Manitoba annual general meeting, Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Ave., Winnipeg. More details TBA. For more information call 204-232-6021 or email invasivespeciescouncilmanitoba@ gmail.com.

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Election 2016: The parties’ response t The Manitoba Co-operator put five questions to Manitoba’s registered political parties. Here is how they responded questions

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Each year, Manitoba producers pay tens of thousands of dollars in education tax on their farmland. While farmers are eligible for an 80 per cent education tax rebate, that rebate is capped at $5,000, meaning larger operations are unable to claim much of the rebate.

What is your party’s policy on farmland education tax rebates? Would you change the rebate structure, remove education taxes from farmland or maintain the current rebate scheme?

Our party is focused on what matters most to Manitoba families — creating good jobs and growing the economy.

The Farmland School Tax Rebate makes life more affordable for farm families, allowing them to grow their operations, build up their farms, and stay working in Manitoba.

When we came into office the rebate was at zero.

Today, that rebate is 80 per cent.

When we created the tax credit it was 33 per cent (in 2004) and we have made steady progress and increased it to 80 per cent today, saving farmland owners $35 million annually. It has saved farm families a grand total of over $300 million since we put it in place.

We have put reasonable measures in place to ensure this rebate remains financially sustainable into the future: • Limiting the rebate to only Manitoba residents; and • Capping the annual rebate at $5,000 per farm.

The $5,000 cap we implemented impacts fewer than eight per cent of applicants.

The Selinger NDP first promised to eliminate the farmland school tax but later introduced only an 80 per cent rebate. Then it implemented barriers to the rebate by putting a $5,000 cap per farm family (not individual). This hurts spouses who own their own smaller plots of land, making them ineligible for any rebate. A new Progressive Conservative government is committed to undertaking a value for money review to identify the true state of Manitoba’s economic situation and find savings while protecting front-line services. This and reducing the PST within our first mandate are our party’s first priorities to help get Manitoba back on track.

We are committed to eliminating school taxes on farmland. This woul more than $8 million in taxes.

Climate change is an accepted reality on the Prairies, with none feeling the impact more than agricultural producers. Yet agriculture is also cited as a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

What would your party do to make Manitoba’s farms more resilient in the face of climate change, while also tackling its root causes?

We know climate change is real and requires concrete actions to lower our carbon footprint and do our part to fight climate change.

We know that hard-working middle-class Manitoba families can count on us to preserve the environment while continuing to create good, green jobs in Manitoba.

We know that short-term targets combined with longterm goals are the only way to achieve real change.

This means we need to invest in research and continue to lead initiatives that provide climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits, including Environmental Farm Plans (EFP) and Beneficial Management Practices Incentive programming.

We also need to do more to protect wetlands and advance surface water management solutions that keep water on the land and protect rural properties from flood waters.

The PC Party agrees that climate change is a growing threat to agricultural producers and others. We are committed to using science-based approaches and data when it comes to making decisions concerning our agricultural stakeholders and their livelihoods. We know climate change continues to pose serious issues for Manitoba producers whether they are affected by changing weather patterns or water flows. We support the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) model developed

by Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) as the right way to achieve conservation and adaptation on private farmlands, and would pursue this model with the federal government and local governments.

The NDP has had 17 years to invest in flood protections for Manitoba’s agricultural community, which represents almost four per cent of our province’s GDP. Unfortunately the NDP has mostly ignored the many beneficial spinoffs that agriculture can and does provide to Manitobans.

Agriculture producers want to be but we need to be mindful of the co the cost to consumers that would co much pressure on costs. We will wo find common-sense solutions to this

Recent years have seen a reduction in the number of extension offices and production specialists in Manitoba. Producer groups also cite a decreased emphasis on research and development overall.

What would your party do to improve extension services for Manitoba farmers? And how would you foster robust agricultural research and innovation with your mandate?

Our NDP government has been a strong supporter of research and innovation and has invested significantly into research and development. Working with industry partners we developed the Grain Innovation Hub to foster innovation and grow Winnipeg as a key centre in Canada’s grain industry.

The Growing Forward 2 Partnership with the federal government has the flexibility to create new jobs and grow Manitoba’s economy. This agreement will allow us to meet challenges in Manitoba’s agriculture industry and ensure our farmers and their families are protected.

These investments — such as the new Beef-Forage Platform — provide our farmers with innovative programming and important research.

Manitobans have always had the tools they need to succeed, but the NDP has been in their way.

A PC government would partner with the producers and experts in both the private and post-secondary sectors in order to foster new research and innovation.

Manitoba should be a hub for agr but research dollars have been hea tions. We need to make Manitoba a innovation and that requires politica

Manitoba producers rely on the province’s roads and highways to operate their farms and get products to market, but many roadways, bridges, ditches and culverts are in need of repair and renewal.

How would your party tackle this issue? What areas of the province would your party prioritize for infrastructure renewal? How would your party fund infrastructure? Would your party increase financial contributions to municipal governments to ensure roads under their jurisdictions also see improvement?

Our $10-billion infrastructure plan will create good jobs and grow the economy.

The multi-year strategy includes: Investing $6.6 billion in provincial highways and bridges to create a modern transportation network that links Manitoba’s CentrePort to the world, directs heavy traffic off city roadways and includes charging infrastructure, and an additional $2.5 billion for municipal roads, clean water, active transportation projects and other important priorities.

Increasing Manitoba’s share of the funding for a Growing Communities Fund for rural Manitoba.

Investing $900 million in flood protection, including work on the Portage Diversion and the Shellmouth Dam, stronger flood protection for Brandon, support for community dikes and working with First Nations communities to build the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin outlets.

The PC Party has committed to invest no less than $1 billion a year in strategic infrastructure investments throughout Manitoba. Having predictable and stable funding from government will go a long way to getting needed infrastructure projects completed. We will adopt a return-on-investment criteria to ensure that the proper infrastructure is being targeted for renewal by focusing on projects that will best support the growth of Manitoba’s economy including to municipalities for projects like these.

We have committed to putting the into a dedicated Municipal Infrastru each municipal government can foc ties without being told what those a Broadway. We will also take stock o need the most help and focus our e must get back to the basics and tha infrastructure dollars.

In 2006, the Manitoba government banned the construction or expansion of hog barns in 35 rural municipalities, unless they included an anaerobic digester to handle effluent. In 2011 that ban — colloquially referred to as a moratorium — was expanded to the entire province. Today a special pilot project protocol is allowing for new barn construction in most of the province.

What policy would your party enact regarding hog barns and other intensive livestock operations in Manitoba? How would your party balance economic and environmental considerations?

Manitobans care about the environment and want clean, safe water. That is why we are working hard to have strong environmental regulations to protect our water.

We will continue to use research, science and innovative technologies to grow our economy while also protecting our environment.

We will only support projects that include even tougher environmental regulations that must be followed and ensures that any expansion occurs only in areas where it will not harm our water.

The PC Party of Manitoba is committed to working with all stakeholder groups to achieve the best economic and environmental results. Manitoba’s hog farmers and processors are vital components to our economy. As such, and as previously stated, the PC Party of Manitoba is committed to using science-based approaches and data to help inform the best policies in government to bring the PC Party’s better plan for a better Manitoba.

Balance is indeed the key. We mu terways and our lakes and rivers, bu want to be part of that solution and hog and livestock industry to ensure production that is sustainable and re moratorium seems like an overreact and it has the potential to kill an ind diversity in our economy and vibran munities.

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to eliminating the $5,000 cap on and. This would save rural families in taxes.

The Green Party of Manitoba (GPM) would eliminate education tax from property tax on all property including both land and buildings. We will fund education through personal and corporate income tax rates so that the overall change is revenue neutral and most farmers will see their tax burden decline.

Our policy is to make taxes fair, according to ability to pay, helping the smaller family farms the most. For several decades, the Communist Party has campaigned to remove education from property taxes, leaving municipalities a larger revenue base. All taxes on wealth ought to be related to income, including property taxes. Those able to pay should pay more. Size should not be the criteria, yet larger or more intense operations tend to be more profitable. A rebate is a good idea, but it ought to be based on net income, not the size of a farm.

ers want to be part of the solution, ndful of the cost to producers and s that would come if we put too sts. We will work with producers to olutions to this important issue.

The GPM will dedicate spending on measures that enable farmers to increase carbon sequestration such as the use of cover crops and green manure crops, planting of shelterbelts, restoration of wetlands and forestation of riparian areas. We will encourage drought-resistant practices such as holistic grazing management. We will invest public money into public plant breeding to encourage locally adapted cultivars. We will encourage production methods which use less chemical fertilizer to reduce the manufacture of nitrogen, which is one of the biggest GHG emitters in farming. We will encourage the construction of water-retention areas to reduce the damage of flash floods. We will encourage the decentralization of commodity processing in order to reduce transportation which is a major contributor of GHGs.

If there is a best time to spend funds on research and development of means to mitigate the effects of climate change, it is immediately. Rather than pay higher insurance premiums, prevention is the best policy. The Communist Party proposes to nationalize the oil and gas industry and convert oilpatch jobs to greener forms of energy with no loss in pay. Before the 1990s, we demanded a moratorium on new tarsands development.

Now our policy is to keep it in the ground.

e a hub for agricultural research, have been headed to other jurisdicke Manitoba a hub for agricultural equires political will.

The GPM will increase public funding for crop and animal variety research to remove the burden of seed royalties from farmers. We would stop the flow of public money into private intellectual property. We will increase funding for research into sustainable farm practices.

The GPM would hire a provincial organic production specialist to deliver extension services and improve outcomes for organic farmers. We’d increase funding for grazing clubs and organic farm clubs to deliver education on economically and environmentally sustainable production techniques.

Science in agriculture is needed more than ever. The Communist Party would make a large investment in research and development, with full input from farmers into the direction and emphasis of research. Priorities must include sustainability, soil retention and water preservation. The “war on knowledge and science” must end.

d to putting the extra point of PST icipal Infrastructure Fund to ensure nment can focus on its own priorid what those are by politicians on o take stock of what rural roads nd focus our efforts on those. We basics and that means prioritizing

We will create a Green Surface Water Management Strategy which ends the practice of dumping water onto those downstream and encourages landowners to build retention ponds. Owners would be able to move water around on a quarter section to enable efficient farming, but must not drain their water off their property.

We’ll invest in engineering services to ensure that culvert and bridge projects are appropriate for the site and that recurring damage and repair expenses are avoided.

Canada’s antiquated tax structure hinders rural and urban municipalities the most, and is detrimental to the development of Aboriginal nations who demand just and quick settlement of land and resource claims. Municipalities are short of funds to pay for needed infrastructure because they are “creatures of the provinces” and have no access to the enormous profits and personal incomes.

Canada, and Manitoba, must work towards a new deal to provide access to fair or progressive tax authority for municipalities.

he key. We must protect our was and rivers, but we feel producers t solution and we will work with the ustry to ensure we are allowing for tainable and responsible. An all-out e an overreaction to this problem, al to kill an industry that creates my and vibrancy to our rural com-

The GPM would restore the single desk for hog marketing in order to give market access to smaller hog producers who are now shut out of the market. We would replace the hog barn moratorium with a requirement that all new and existing barns demonstrate that they have access to and are using adequate manure spread acres, measured by soil phosphate content.

We would start the transition away from liquid manure and toward straw bedding hog management systems.

The GPM would work with CFIA to allow the use of a truck-washing station on Highway 75 to stop the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus into Manitoba.

Such intensive operations require strict environmental guidelines to protect land and water resources. Our policy is to oppose the unscientific and unsustainable use of antibiotics. We do not propose a moratorium, but support well-managed, safe and worker-friendly livestock operations. To assist smaller operations, we would re-establish marketing boards.

manitoba party The Manitoba Party did not respond.

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Alberta South — — 95.00 - 109.00 80.00 - 99.00 — $ 171.00 - 180.00 180.00 - 190.00 195.00 - 213.00 213.00 - 237.00 237.00 - 254.00 248.00 - 276.00 $ 160.00 - 171.00 170.00 - 184.00 175.00 - 192.00 190.00 - 210.00 210.00 - 227.00 220.00 245.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

Change -2.52 -1.07 0.17 0.27 0.22 0.58

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

Cattle Slaughter

April 1, 2016

Jade MarkuS CNSC

$

Close 157.08 155.25 155.08 153.70 151.80 147.95

Change 1.52 0.50 0.82 0.80 1.25 1.60

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending March 26, 2016 42,732 9,582 33,150 N/A 547,000

Previous Year­ 47,372 11,728 35,644 N/A 539,000

Week Ending March 26, 2016 988 24,861 8,693 384 450 6,570 245

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,109 28,195 11,581 471 495 5,004 50

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.)

Projected U.S. corn acres support cattle futures Cow-calf profits may draw new entrants to the business

Ontario 146.90 - 169.14 144.59 - 171.84 75.41 - 100.09 75.41 - 100.09 113.37 - 131.23 $ 178.54 - 194.44 164.46 - 193.24 167.71 - 209.75 193.18 - 242.41 186.37 - 247.06 206.06 - 253.57 $ 153.45 - 173.29 151.70 - 178.12 163.90 - 183.88 168.15 - 203.99 166.65 - 220.06 171.86 - 244.60

$

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (April 1, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close April 2016 132.93 June 2016 124.03 August 2016 120.18 October 2016 119.85 December 2016 118.68 February 2017 117.52

Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

$1 Cdn: $0.7664 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3047 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: april 1, 2016

Current Week 171 E 158 E 154.17

Last Week 169.37 157.01 156.33

Last Year (Index 100) 156.69 144.53 135.94

158.09

159.51

139.19

C

attle prices dropped on the week at auction marts across Manitoba, weighed down by gains in the Canadian dollar — but many buyers are still interested in breeding, one auctioneer says.

Feeder and butcher cattle were $1-$2 lower than last week’s prices, according to Robin Hill of Heartland Livestock Services in Virden.

“Everything has to do with the dollar increasing now, but we did see a really nice rally in the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) feeder cattle; we just need to see a full week of it.”

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder and live cattle futures rallied as the Chicago Board of Trade corn market lost ground.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a prospective plantings report on March 31, which showed about a six per cent increase in the amount of corn U.S. farmers are expected to seed this upcoming growing season.

Those losses supported the feeder cattle market, which in turn propped up live cattle futures.

“The big debate, I guess, from a marketing point of view, is trying to figure out the U.S.,” said Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst at CanFax, a cattle-marketing arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “Is the spring high in or not?”

Cattle markets, he said, typically rally in spring, and analysts are trying to figure out if prices hit their highs a few weeks ago, or if a bounce could still be coming.

“It’s kind of up in the air; cattle supplies are still pretty supportive, supplies are still kind of tight,” Perillat said.

“If the demand picks up, we could see prices continue to move a little higher here.”

“The big debate, I guess, from a marketing point of view, is trying to figure out the U.S.… Is the spring high in or not?” brian perillat CanFax

Despite prices moving lower on the week, demand still exists for Manitoba cattle, but it is shifting, Hill said.

“There’s guys who want grass cattle, but they don’t want as many as last year because it maybe doesn’t look as promising.”

Demand would be stronger, he said, if the market had “a light at the end of the tunnel, showing that they’re worth it to buy.”

But Hill added he has seen more ranchers looking to buy bred cattle, and those cows have been selling well.

“That’s the one thing that has been positive,” he said. “There’s lots of guys looking to increase their breeding stock and the bred cow sales have been selling very well.”

Workers who were laid off from the oil sector and farmers who were unhappy with their returns this year could be interested in starting a cow herd, he speculated.

“The grain thing hasn’t been perfect this past year,” he said.

Cow-calf producers have been profitable the last couple of years, which could tempt new ranchers, Perillat said.

“We might see a little bit of growth — or at least see some stability in the herd — because profitability will probably have some guys hang on to their cows.”

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

Futures (April 1 2016) in U.S. Hogs

Close

Change

April 2016 May 2016 June 2016 July 2016

68.35 77.23 80.85 80.80

8.68 -1.28 -1.93 -0.92

August 2016

80.40

-0.13

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg $/cwt Ewes Lambs

Wooled Fats

Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

— — Next Sale April 20th — —

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 ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ....................................... $1.800 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.875 Undergrade .........................................$1.775 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.875 Undergrade ........................................$1.875 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.855 Undergrade...........................................$1.770 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 108.62 - 140.05 138.52 - 167.90 195.66 - 215.26 220.99 - 245.60 238.76 - 291.37 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

Eggs

Goats Kids Billys Mature

<1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

BY THEOPOLIS WATERS

The U.S. hog herd in the December-February quarter modestly grew from a year earlier, to a record high for that quarter, according to the March 25 U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report.

Farmers cautiously added to herds while shoring up their bottom lines following the surge in hog numbers as the industry recovers from a deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea

virus (PEDv), said industry economists.

“PEDv is much less of a problem than it was in recent years, but it’s not totally gone,” said University of Missouri livestock economist Ron Plain.

He said the USDA survey suggests weak hog and pork prices this summer versus a year earlier, with prices rising as 2016 progresses.

The USDA report showed the U.S. hog herd as of March 1 at 67.6 million head, topping the then record high for the quarter of 67.4 million a year earlier.

Analysts, on average, expected 67.626 million head, or 100.3 per cent of the year-earlier herd.

The U.S. breeding herd stood at 5.980 million head, a marginal decrease versus last year.

The average trade forecast was 6.016 million or 100.6 per cent of the previous year.

The March 1 supply of market-ready hogs for sale to packers was at 61.7 million head, a slight gain from 61.4 million from March 1 last year.

Analysts viewed the report as generally neutral because outcomes for the top three categories were nearly in line with forecasts.

However, they said the one per cent bump in the lightweight hog category implies ample supplies through the summer.

Conversely, the June through August farrowings were below trade forecasts, suggesting fewer animals during the second half of 2016.

Toronto ($/cwt) 116.50 - 387.22 — 82.96 - 174.63

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

U.S. hog herd ekes out new quarterly high as PED virus impact abates REUTERS

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

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

briefs

Toronto ($/cwt) 26.00 - 42.00 61.00 - 69.00

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices Average quotes as of April 4, 2016 ($/tonne)

Projected U.S. acres, palm oil surge lift canola South America’s soy crop and a rising loonie cap gains DAVE SIMS CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola futures posted solid gains during the week ended April 1, as strength in the vegetable oil market and a mildly favourable U.S. Department of Agriculture report pointed the way higher.

The front-month May contract improved by over $8 per tonne, to take canola over its technical resistance of $480.

The surging price of Malaysian palm oil may deserve the lion’s share of the credit for advances in canola. The lingering effects of El Niño have enabled palm oil to set new market highs on a routine basis.

It was a bullish week for U.S. soybeans and soyoil, which also supported canola futures.

USDA has pegged U.S. farmers’ intended soybean acreage at 82.2 million acres, slightly lower than last year. This came as a welcome surprise to some who felt acreage might possibly increase in a year where large supplies are already coming from South America.

Commercial buying continues to stay steady while China’s decision to delay adjustments to its dockage allowance of Canadian canola imports was supportive. As well, some parts

of Western Canada are too dry, which underpinned prices.

However, the Canadian dollar ended the week slightly higher, which limited the gains.

South America’s large soybean supply is entering the market, too, which also cast a bearish tone over values.

Crude oil is also becoming a potentially bearish factor for canola. Saudi Arabia’s decision not to slash oil production, unless fellow exporter Iran does the same, seems to indicate the large glut of oil on the market won’t be declining any time soon.

It was a bearish week for corn, with prices plunging in the wake of USDA’s prediction calling for 93.6 million acres of corn to be planted in the U.S. That figure is much higher than last year’s, which pushed the market into a steep sell-off.

To compound the situation, China announced it was eliminating its corn stockpiling system which would result in more supplies hitting its market.

Soybeans finished higher for the week. The market took strength from gains in vegetable oil and a USDA report that called for slightly lower acreage than last year.

Wheat was also higher. Dry conditions in parts of the U.S. Plains supported values, as did the USDA report which called for less acreage than last year.

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

Future

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

196.38

42.77

237.15

W. Manitoba wheat

194.38

35.80

230.18

E. Manitoba canola

479.10

-11.91

467.19

W. Manitoba canola

379.10

-18.55

460.55 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices As of Friday, April 1, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

192.07

2.20

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

230.20

6.43

Canola Thunder Bay

486.20

5.30

Canola Vancouver

506.20

5.30

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, April 4, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

476.20

5.30

ICE milling wheat

240.00

4.00

ICE barley

176.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

194.56

5.70

Chicago SRW wheat

173.98

3.86

Kansas City HRW wheat

174.99

1.65

Corn

138.38

-7.28

Oats

120.28

-0.97

Soybeans

334.65

0.09

Soymeal

297.87

-5.51

Soyoil

754.55

22.93

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, April 4, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

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Basis

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

210.52

3.67

Feed barley

183.26

5.05

n/a

n/a

441.71

3.54

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

162.11

-5.19

Soybeans

374.79

-5.51

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

16.45

unch

Ask

Ask

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

Prairie spring wheat bids strengthen with U.S. futures Strength in the Canadian dollar keeps a lid on bids

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

C

ash spring wheat bids across Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended April 1, as advances in U.S. futures provided some support.

However, the Canadian dollar was also firmer over the course of the week, which put some pressure on Canadian values.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $3-$5 per tonne over the course of the week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across the Prairie provinces compiled by PDQ

(Price and Data Quotes).

Average prices ranged from about $227 per tonne in northeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $243 in southern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but held relatively steady overall, ranging from $34 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$174 to $186 per tonne, up by about US$4-$6 per tonne com-

Average durum prices were up by $6 to as much as $16 per tonne during the week.

pared to the previous week.

That would put the currency adjusted basis levels at about US$8-$20 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 $10 to $26 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were up by about $1-$2 per tonne

in most locations. Average CPSR pr ices came in at about $189-$210 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $203$216 per tonne in Alberta.

Average durum prices were up by $6 to as much as $16 per tonne during the week, with bids in Saskatchewan ranging from roughly $281 to $284 per tonne.

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

was quoted at US$5.29 per bushel on April 1, up 14.75 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$4.7775 per bushel on April 1, up six U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled April 1 at US$4.7575, up by 12.75 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar closed at 76.84 U.S. cents on April 1, up by more than a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 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

Antimicrobial use in beef to meet new pressures Antimicrobial resistance in the Canadian beef sector is currently low, but experts warn that producers should be cautious of overuse

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

A

ntimicrobial use in Canadian cattle is in for a major rethink.

Growing concern from consumers and animal scientists over antibiotic resistance also underlines an unpleasant truth for producers — these long-relied-upon tools may be on the cusp of becoming ineffective.

“In our industry we need to know if we are creating resistance within our animal population through our production practices and if we are going to create a situation where antimicrobials won’t be effective for our needs anymore,” said Craig Dorin, managing veterinary partner with Agri-Health Services of Airdrie, Alta, during a recent webinar presented by the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC).

“Society is going to review how we do this and it’s going to have expectations of us,” he said. “So, we need to have a mind shift on how we approach our use of these products so that we can defend the fact that we’re using them prudently and in a sustainable manner.”

According to Dorin, new regulations have already been proposed and some will be implemented in coming years, including changes to allowed products and increased veterinary supervision when administering antimicrobial drugs.

“In the next year or two some of the regulatory changes that we are expecting to be implemented would be the removal of growth promoting claims on medically important antimicrobials,” Dorin said. “An example of a product that may fall into this category would be AS 700.

It is a feed-grade antibiotic and its label claim is for growth promotion in cases where respiratory disease issues may persist.”

Veterinarian Craig Dorin says cattle producers will face growing pressure to manage antimicrobials. PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN

“Society is going to review how we do this and it’s going to have expectations of us.”

Craig Dorin managing veterinary partner Agri-Health Services Airdrie, Alta.

Decades of use The cattle industry has been using antimicrobials for decades to treat and prevent disease and infection and to improve animal growth.

“Antimicrobials in Canada are divided into four classes — low importance, medium, high and very-high importance,” said Reynold Bergen, science director for the BCRC. “The cattle industry currently uses medication from all four classes, with high-importance antimicrobials being the most commonly used.”

“An example of a product used to improve animal growth would be Tylosin when used in feed to control liver abscesses,” said Dorin. “Not only do animals with reduced liver abscesses grow faster but less livers are condemned at the plant so the total value of the animal increases as well.”

The concern is that overuse of these drugs may result in resistance development that could cause decreased effectiveness, increase the use of ‘last-resort’ or very-highimportance products, and eventually leave the industry with less resources to fight off disease and infection.

However, for now, Bergen says that research is showing the Canadian beef industry is doing a great job at keeping resistance levels low.

“Antimicrobial resistance is looking really good right now,” Bergen said. “I would dare to say that any other livestock sector in Canada would be proud of these results.”

The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)

conducts ongoing surveillance of cattle entering slaughter plants, as well as on retail beef, he said.

“In the surveillance conducted by CIPARS, we see results showing next to no resistance in the very-highimportance class. We see really low resistance in the high-importance and a little bit more resistance in the medium-importance products,” said Bergen.

Reducing the need To minimize the risk of developing resistance, Dorin says producers must only use antimicrobial products when necessary, understand the different classes of products, choose the most appropriate product and have a clear understanding of the product’s timeline.

“In my opinion, the cow-calf production sector is where we have the best opportunity for reduced antimicrobial use. This is the non-confined time frame of the animal’s life and we can spread them out and reduce the overall incidence of disease, in turn, reducing the needs and requirements for antimicrobials,” he said.

Dorin notes there may also be management changes producers could consider to improve overall

herd health and reduce dependence on these drugs.

He s a y s i n h i s p ra c t i c e h e has seen a number of producers switch to spring calving, which has reduced animal health issues dramatically.

“While this industry was recovering from BSE, our cow-calf producers had to learn to manage their costs and one of the things a lot of our clients did was calve later in the year,” he said. “By calving later, they are calving on dry ground, green grass and there are far fewer problems.”

Other tools to consider are vaccination protocols, biosecurity plans, low-stress weaning, farm-to-feedlot sales, accurate disease diagnosis and ensuring proper animal nutrition.

“Proper nutrition is absolutely the foundation of any health program,” he said. “You need to make sure that all of your cattle are getting the necessary energy, protein but especially the minerals and vitamins that they need. Over my career as a veterinarian in the beef industry I have come across far more situations where nutrition ended up being more of a solution than drugs or antibiotics.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

COLUMN

Ways to reduce incidence of navel ill You need to pay close attention to this costly problem and take steps to reduce it ROY LEWIS DVM Beef 911

M

uch has been written about omphalophlebitis — inflammation of the umbilical veins also known as navel ill — in calves.

The bovine species appears to be fairly susceptible to developing infection, with the incidence increasing when calves are born into wet or damp conditions and in close confinement. With more producers calving later — many times on grass — calves are spread out in a drier environment and that alone has greatly decreased the incidence of navel infection.

Other methods for preventing navel infection are ensuring colostral intake is high to boost the calves’ resistance and, in some cases, using longacting prophylactic antibiotics prescribed by veterinarians for herds where the incidence is higher than normal.

As a rule, we have a higher incidence in purebred herds where they calve early and when calves are cycled through a warm barn. This environment will allow foot rot and other types of organisms to accumulate over time.

It’s best to have a calving area, which can be disinfected easily, and only bring through those cows that really need assistance.

Ideally, the calving maternity pen should have a cement floor and a drain so the area can be cleaned and disinfected easily after each use. I can’t stress enough the importance of having lots of bedding in the calving and post-calving areas and keeping the barns clean by using lots of fresh bedding. The extra work and cost will yield fewer diseases like navel infection.

Over the years I have tried many things to prevent this problem, even using human umbilical clamps (but I found they caused more problems than they prevented). One thing veterinarians have recognized with caesarean sections is that navel infection rates are higher.

There is no stress on calves during a caesarean incision unless the intervention was delayed or a major attempt was made at pulling the calf. With a caesarean delivery, the calf is essentially coming out backwards and the navel cord rips off very close to the body (very similar to a normal backwards calf ). The calf needs the long protective shroud of the umbilicus to prevent infection from wicking up inside.

There are a couple of ways to prevent this. At our clinic, when the calf is coming out through the incision, we grab and physically break the protective shroud quite a distance from the navel (12 to 16 inches). This is about the natural distance where the umbilicus breaks off.

Dr. Gordon Adkins at the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine has a different method, which is equally effective, and a more natural recreation of the real event. As the calf is coming through the

incision he pulls the entire recommended by your veterinar- that one calf is often backumbilicus back between the ian that is not too harsh. Strong wards. Twins have the challenge back legs. This exactly mimics iodine solutions, for instance, of sharing the available coloshow the umbilicus breaks off in cause more inflammation actu- trum. Will both twins mother a normal delivery and he has ally worsening the condition. up or will you graft a twin onto had great success at this. Success This is one reason why we don’t another cow? All these stresses meaning the umbilical shroud is recommend any routine treat- also make them more prone to navel infection, scours, pneuintact and more than a foot long. ment directly on the navel.

Our next issue to tackle is monia et cetera, and for that This definitely prevents infecbackwards-presented calves reason are often supplemented tion from wicking up inside.

I would recommend that if a which, as you may guess, rip off with extra colostrum.

Whether it is calves that are caesarean section is required, short as well. Generally these mention this to your veterinar- births are being assisted, but the lost or develop joint infections ian. Both these methods are easy question is, how do we break off and must be put down or calves to do and will greatly decrease the shroud internally without with a slight pus discharge from the incidence of navel infection breaking the vessels, as the calf the area, all are losses to the still has to be delivered? That is beef industry. The calves with in these calves.

If the navel still breaks off short a question for the future as these lingering infections have poorer or the calf flops out of the inci- backwards calves may have weight gains and some yearling sion before this can be done, delayed deliveries, sometimes bulls have developed infections then perhaps put them on pro- lack oxygen, and are slower to in their secondary sex glands phylactic antibiotics. With short rise and suckle — all factors (seminal vesiculitis) from navel SVG_017_SelectVac_2016_JA_E_Alberta Beef.qxp_Layout 1 2016-03-11 2:05 PM Page 1 navels this is one incidence predisposing them to navel infection rendering them infertile.Page All of1 these are good reasons where I recommend possibly infection.

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I will keep you posted if we find a way to break the navel shroud internally on those backwards calves. In the meantime, I would recommend talking to your veterinarian about prophylactic antibiotics on those backwards calves or any with the navel ripped off short. Closely examine the navel cord on newborn calves to see what I mean.

In some herds with higher incidences, veterinarians prescribe antibiotics at birth to help prevent navel infections.

So have a great calving season with the minimum of problems and a very low death rate. And let’s keep navel infection to a minimum.

Roy Lewis practised large-animal veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and now works part time as a technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers No. on offer

Gladstone

30-Mar

29-Mar

1,830

665*

Grunthal

29-Mar

Heartland

Heartland

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Brandon

Virden

29-Mar

30-Mar

1-Apr

763

2,091*

1,260

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

160.00-181.00

900-1,000

n/a

165.00-185.00

n/a

165.00-180.00

176.00-194.00

n/a

n/a

165.00-184.00

172.00-194.00

178.00-194.50

165.00-185.00

185.00-198.00

185.00-201.00 (203.00)

n/a

n/a

175.00-195.00

800-900 700-800

180.00-212.25

190.00-215.50

180.00-217.00

195.00-212.00

197.00-214.00 (218.00)

n/a

n/a

185.00-212.00

600-700

190.00-226.50

210.00-239.50

210.00-242.00

220.00-240.00

218.00-238.50

n/a

n/a

200.00-230.00

500-600

205.00-245.00

240.00-272.50

230.00-245.00

235.00-263.00

230.00-255.00

n/a

n/a

218.00-255.00

400-500

210.00-251.00

250.00-275.00

240.00-265.00

245.00-280.00

240.00-273.00

n/a

n/a

230.00-258.00

300-400

n/a

265.00-272.00

250.00-270.00

260.00-290.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

150.00-168.50

n/a

150.00-165.00

164.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

800-900

150.00-186.50

165.00-176.00

150.00-175.00

165.00-178.00

172.00-184.00**

n/a

n/a

150.00-166.00

700-800

154.00-193.00

165.00-184.50

175.00-205.00

175.00-192.00

176.00-188.00***

n/a

n/a

165.00-191.00

600-700

170.00-201.00

180.00-197.00

200.00-215.00

190.00-211.00

194.00-208.00

n/a

n/a

180.00-205.00

500-600

180.00-204.50

190.00-207.50

210.00-235.00

208.00-217.00

217.00-241.00

n/a

n/a

185.00-220.00

400-500

190.00-224.00

200.00-241.00

225.00-240.00

220.00-247.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-220.00

300-400

n/a

210.00-250.00

235.00-264.00

235.00-255.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Slaughter Market No. on offer

152

80

190

D1-D2 Cows

80.00-91.00

n/a

n/a

93.00-100.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

92.00-98.00

D3-D5 Cows

65.00-72.00

n/a

n/a

80.00-92.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

83.00-93.00

Age Verified

90.00-100.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

122.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

120.00-130.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

125.00-130.00

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

110.00-118.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

125.00-130.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

90.00-95.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

75.00-85.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

* includes slaughter market ** 189.00 breeders ***194.00 breeders

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

Cara to buy Quebec chicken chain St-Hubert Swiss Chalet’s owner will pay $537 million for a foothold in the Quebec market

BY AMRUTHA GAYATHRI AND EUAN ROCHA Reuters, with staff files

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ara Operations, owner o f t h e Sw i s s C h a l e t casual dining chain and Harvey’s burger outlets, said March 31 it would buy St-Hubert BBQ, one of Quebec’s largest casual dining chains, for $537 million to gain a foothold in the province.

The deal, expected to close this summer pending regulatory approvals, was cheered by analysts and investors. Shares in Vaughn, Ont.-based Cara, which went public a year ago, closed 9.4 per cent higher at $29.15 on the TSX. “Given the potential synergies that exist, not only on the cost side but also on the top line, we believe Cara has only increased its positioning as the dominant restaurant operator in Canada, and as an attractive consolidator going forward,” said Canaccord analyst Derek Dley, in a note.

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Cara, Canada’s largest operator of full-service restaurants, had indicated it was looking to expand through acquisitions. And analysts had flagged privately held St-Hubert as one of the most likely targets for Cara, which is controlled by deal maker Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Holdings.

Swiss Chalet and St-Hubert are both well known for their rotisserie chicken meals, but the two chains share little geographic overlap.

Of St-Hubert’s 117 restaurants, 108 are in Quebec, where Swiss Chalet does not have a presence. The remainder is in eastern Ontario and New Brunswick.

St-Hubert also operates foodprocessing plants at Boisbriand and Blainville, Que. and distribution centres at Boisbriand and Anjou, Que. About two-thirds of its foodprocessing sales are to “external” customers such as grocery chains, while the other third is in “internal” sales to the company’s restaurant network.

“… we can use this to build not only more St-Hubert’s in Quebec, but other restaurants too.”

Paul Rivett Fairfax Financial Holdings

“There’s no retail to speak of really right now in Cara, and this team and the facilities they’ve got in Quebec are perfect for us and Quebec was the province we were most underpenetrated within, so we can use this to build not only more St-Huberts in Quebec, but other restaurants too,” said Fairfax president Paul Rivett.

‘Major expansions’ Cara has said it wants to boost revenue to $2.5 billion to $3 billion in five to seven years, up from $1.7 billion in 2014.

The acquisition of St-Hubert is expected to move Cara much closer to that target. The Quebec firm’s restaurant and foodprocessing businesses booked about $403 million and $225 million in 2015 sales respectively.

The deal also gives Cara an opportunity to expand its offerings through grocery chains, including Loblaw, Costco and Metro, where St-Hubert sells products such as marinades, pot pies and seasonings.

St-Hubert Group CEO JeanPierre Leger said the deal will also create jobs in Quebec, “since it will enable us to carry out major expansions of our food-manufacturing facilities and sales throughout Canada.”

The provincial opposition Parti Quebecois, Coalition Avenir Quebec and Quebec Solidaire parties lined up March 31 in separate releases to criticize the deal, framing the Ontario firm’s investment as evidence of an unfavourable economic climate in Quebec.

But the province’s poultry pro-

ducer association, les Eleveurs de volailles du Quebec (EVQ), predicted it will be business as usual for farmers supplying the St-Hubert operations.

Quoted March 31 by La Terre de chez nous, the journal of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), EVQ president Pierre-Luc Leblanc said current farmer-suppliers already have unique expertise in providing birds to the rotisserie chain’s exact specs (2.25 kg each).

St-Hubert alone is the market for about 3.3 per cent of the 175 million chickens produced each year in Quebec, the EVQ said.

Cara, whose brands also include the Milestones, Montana’s, Kelsey’s, Bier Markt and East Side Mario’s restaurant chains, said it plans to fund the deal through a credit facility, raised to $700 million from $150 million.

It also said it will consider offering shares to eliminate or reduce the need for a two-year term loan, which is part of the credit facility.

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ross-border travellers may again bring raw poultry meat, eggs and live birds into Canada from North Dakota and Missouri.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on March 21 shortened its list of U.S. states under avian influenza-related restrictions to just one. Indiana remains under restrictions imposed in January after highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H7N8 avian flu turned up at a 43,000bird turkey farm.

The outbreaks of avian flu in North Dakota and Missouri that led to CFIA’s bans dated back to last spring. North Dakota had cases at just two farms, the most recent in April 2015, affecting about 111,500 birds; Missouri had three, the most recent in May 2015, affecting about 53,100.

Between December 2014 and June 2015, CFIA imposed such restrictions on poultry and eggs from 15 states where high-path avian flu strains had appeared in commercial poultry flocks.

Indiana had just one case in last spring’s outbreaks, in which high-path H5N8 appeared in May in birds at a backyard mixed-poultry operation.

Cross-border travellers who buy poultry and eggs while visiting the U.S. will want to make sure they have proof that those products originated from, and were bought in, states other than Indiana, CFIA said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

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

Plenty of cold and unsettled weather ahead Issued: Monday, April 4, 2016 · Covering: April 6– April 13, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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pring is always a tough time to forecast the weather as the battle between cold and warm air really heats up, but this forecast period is particularly tough. Once again we are stuck between a strong ridge of high pressure to our west, bringing record-breaking warmth to that region, and a large trough of low pressure to our east. This means our weather pattern will remain very active, with temperatures remaining well below average on most days.

This forecast period starts off tough, with an area of low pressure having just moved through our region. A second low will quickly follow on the heels of the first low as it dives southeastward across southern and central Manitoba overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning. This low will likely bring a few centimetres of snow with it.

We’ll see a little bit of a warming trend develop late on Thursday and into Friday

as yet another area of low pressure develops to our west.

This low is forecasted to slide through the Dakotas late on Saturday and into Sunday, bringing clouds with showers over southern regions and light snow to more central areas of Manitoba. Colder air will once again move into our region behind the low as arctic high pressure slides south.

We should expect temperatures to run near the bottom end of the usual temperature range for this time of the year during the first half of next week.

Looking further ahead, while the weather models are not showing any huge warm-ups, they are showing the current pattern we’ve been in breaking down around the middle of the month. The big question is, just what new pattern will develop?

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs: 2 to 14 C Lows: -9 to 1 C Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

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3 Month (90 Days) Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) January 2, 2016 to March 31, 2016

8 - 22 mm 22 - 36 mm 36 - 50 mm 50 - 64 mm 64 - 78 mm 78 - 92 mm 92 - 106 mm 106 - 120 mm 120 - 134 mm 134 - 148 mm 148 - 162 mm 162 - 175 mm 175 - 189 mm 189 - 203 mm 203 - 217 mm 217 - 231 mm 231 - 245 mm 245 - 259 mm Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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April not looking average anymore

A phenomenon called ‘baroclinic atmosphere’ catches the forecasters off guard

BY DANIEL BEZTE

Baroclinic atmosphere

Baroclinic atmosphere

Co-operator contributor

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ometimes it doesn’t pay to jump the gun. Normally I wait until the very end of the month to put out the next month’s long-range forecast.

The way March ended I decided to put out the forecast a week earlier than usual and, well, it looks like it’s going to bite me in the butt!

For those of you who didn’t read last week’s long-range forecast, most of the forecasters were calling for average temperatures in April and I went right along with them. At the time it looked like we were going to see a week or so of cool air to start the month and then milder conditions would move back in.

A week later, the mediumrange weather models are singing a different tune. It now looks like the first half of April will see wellbelow-average temperatures, so unless the heat really turns on for the second half of the month we’ll likely see the first belowaverage month since August 2015 in Winnipeg and May 2015 in Brandon and Dauphin.

If you are reading this then that means you probably follow the weather a little closer than most. So you probably noticed that while southern and central Manitoba were shivering last weekend with temperatures struggling to make it to

Source: “Understanding Weather and Climate,” Edward Aguado, James E. Burt. Pg 262

the freezing mark in most areas, Saskatchewan and Alberta were basking under summer heat. With high temperatures in western Manitoba around the +3 C mark on Saturday and eastern regions staying well below zero for highs, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Calgary all saw high temperatures in the low 20s.

High versus low pressure This sharp contrast in temperatures was the result of two different features working together. The first is the largescale weather pattern currently dominating most of Canada and the central and northern U.S. There has been a fairly per-

sistent ridge of high pressure to our west and a large trough of low pressure to our east which is associated with the polar vortex rotating around Baffin Island. This allows for mild conditions to develop under the ridge of high pressure, and cold air to work its way south in the trough of low pressure.

We’ve seen our share of the western ridge this winter, which is what brought all the warm weather. What really raised the temperatures to our west last weekend was a series of lows that developed along the boundary between the warm and cold air. The circulation around the lows helped to really bump up the temperatures.

Over the last couple of weeks there has been a strong intensification of the eastern trough of low pressure that has resulted in not only more cold air moving southward, but also a westward push of this colder air. What this setup then creates is what is known as a baroclinic atmosphere across much of Manitoba.

For those of you who like to read the twice daily significant weather discussions for the Prairies that is put out by Environment Canada (http:// kamala.cod.edu/Canada/lat est.focn45.CWWG.html) you may have noticed this term being used.

So, just what is a baroclinic atmosphere and why should we care? Well, it’s actually a tough topic to try and discuss, visualize, and understand, but I will try to give my best short description.

A typical or textbook atmosphere is known as barotropic.

What this means is that in the upper atmosphere the pressure gradient (isobars) and the temperature gradient (isotherms) run parallel to each other. Since the winds at this level follow the pressure gradient line or isobars, the moving air remains at the same temperature since the isotherms are also parallel to the isobars.

I have included an image to help show this.

In a baroclinic atmosphere the isobars and isotherms do not run parallel to each other, but rather cross each other.

This means that as the winds blow, or the air flows from one area to another, either warmer or colder air is being moved into a region (see image).

What does this mean? Well, to put it simply, this helps to create instability in the atmosphere as this difference in temperature causes the mixing of air and forces pockets of air to begin rotating. This then helps to create what we call unsettled conditions, with clouds and spotty precipitation developing in the baroclinic zone.

Should an area of low pressure develop and move along the baroclinic zone, the conditions in this area are such that they will typically help to intensify the system.

What can make this type of setup particularly annoying is when the upper pattern is fairly stable, like we see right now, which then allows the baroclinic zone to stay in place for a relatively long period. The zone will move slowly back and forth as stronger areas of low pressure form and slide along the zone and as the upper level ridge and trough push back and forth against each other.

So, until this upper level pattern breaks down, we should expect more of this rather annoying weather.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 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

Many factors behind higher Canadian wheat exports The move to an open market for wheat and barley seems to have been neither make nor break for Canadian wheat exports, says Richardson International head Curt Vossen

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anadian wheat exports are up but don’t try to say it’s because of the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board.

Trying to take a complex situation and boil it down to a simple yes or no based on that single factor would be a dramatic oversimplification, says Curt Vossen, president and chief executive officer of Richardson International.

“That’s why you’d never get me saying we’re selling more wheat now because the wheat board lost its monopoly,” Vossen said in an interview Apr. 1. “There are a whole bunch of different things at play. But it can be said with some fairness and objectivity that it certainly hasn’t hurt us.”

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. Canada was the world’s wheat basket in the 1920s and ’30s, but the U.S. has had that honour since the Second World War, although these days the supranational European Union is often the largest exporter.

The high U.S. dollar has priced U.S. wheat out of world markets, while making other countries, including Canada, more competitive. But there’s more going on.

Diverse crop production gives Canadian farmers a competitive advantage, Vossen said.

“I think we’ve got ourselves in a enviable position in Canada,” he said. “Why? Because we’re not a monoculture. The United States, over the last 20 years, has become much more of a mono-type agriculture — corn-beans, beans-corn. “ We’ve got a truly diversified cropping base that gives us options.”

Canada is well positioned to capture diversified export opportunities, says Richardson International head Curt Vossen.

PHOTO: Richardson International

For example, moving an 80-million-tonne annual production of a single crop to a single type of market locks you into a single way of doing business, Vossen said, something Canada avoids and therefore more opportunities emerge.

“You do have a chance of moving that (more diverse crop) effectively to markets that look for value, that look for quality differentiation,” Vossen said.

This spring western farmers are expected to increase plantings of peas and lentils, but they’ll also seed big acreages of canola, spring wheat, durum, oats, and in Manitoba, soybeans and corn.

Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada, says Canada’s rise in wheat exports is a trend, not an anomaly. Vossen agrees. While Canada won’t always export more wheat than the U.S., which has so much farmland and a longer growing season, corn and soybean production continues to expand there, while plantings of other crops, including spring wheat, decline, Vossen said.

The United States Department of Agriculture predicts American farmers will plant 49 million acres of all types of wheat in 2016, down nine per cent from 2015 and the

lowest since 1970. If the forecast proves accurate it would be the lowest harvested wheat acreage in the U.S. since 1910, G3 weather and crop specialist Bruce Burnett said last week.

“If the (U.S.) farmer keeps being fixated on that monoculture dominated by corn and beans it’s going to make them a less significant player on an ongoing basis in the wheat export marketplace,” Vossen said. “And that means other players, like Canada, can take some advantage of that to continue to diversify our options, so we never get ourselves to the place that we’re a one-wheat, monoculture... we can change gears,” Vossen said.

There was a time when Canadian agriculture was more dependent on wheat, he added.

“Now if wheat isn’t doing well they (farmers) can switch gears,” Vossen said. “And that gives them options. And options for any business are always a good thing. I don’t see that in the United States yet.”

Like Canadian farmers those in the U.S. grow what they think will earn the most net revenue, Vossen said. But there are factors, such as equipment, that make it less easy for some American farmers to grow crops other than corn and soybeans. For example, small-

“That’s why you’d never get me saying we’re selling more wheat now because the wheat board lost its monopoly. There are a whole bunch of different things at play. But it can be said with some fairness and objectivity that it certainly hasn’t hurt us.”

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Roundup Ready alfalfa primed for launch in Eastern Canada FGI’s HarvXtra will also include a lower-lignin trait to ease hay digestion STAFf with files from ALEXIS KIENLEN

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he company with Roundup Ready alfalfa on its launch pad plans a limited rollout of commercial seed into Canada’s six eastern provinces this spring.

In a move likely to face opposition from several Canadian farm groups, Forage Genetics International (FGI) on March 29 announced plans for a limited release of commercial HarvXtra alfalfa “in time for spring 2016 planting.”

HarvXtra alfalfa will include Monsanto’s glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready genetics plus a trait for lower levels of lignin — a structural component of alfalfa plants that strengthens their stalks but makes the plants less digestible for dairy and beef cattle.

Seed quantities are expected to be enough for growers to plant a “small, targeted launch” of less than 5,000 acres of hay, FGI said.

Idaho-based FGI stressed its launch is “confined to the sale of seed for hay production” and not for alfalfa seed production. All HarvXtra seed production for the Eastern Canada market will have taken place in the U.S. Only commercial sales for hay production will be allowed — and the hay can be sold for Canadian domestic use only, the company said.

Sale and planting will only proceed in “limited geographical areas” — specifically, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. There are no plans to com-

“Particularly concerning is that the federal government licensed this product without any sort of study on what it might do to our markets.”

Brent Reese councillor for the Northern Lights region

mercially offer HarvXtra alfalfa to growers in Western Canada “at this time,” FGI said.

FGI’s move comes as groups opposed to genetically modified (GM) alfalfa’s release in Canada ramp up their campaign, citing a recent report in Alberta Farmer that a batch of foundation seed contaminated with Roundup Ready alfalfa was sent to a forage seed grower in southern Alberta four years ago.

Citing the potential loss of markets, the Alberta Association Of Municipal Districts and Counties in March also passed a resolution urging a halt for any GM alfalfa launch in the province.

“Our forage seed producers and organic producers are pretty concerned about it, considering what happened in the U.S.,” said Brent Reese, councillor for the Northern Lights region.

Roundup Ready alfalfa has been widely grown in the U.S., but a USDA study of more than 4,500 fields of conventional alfalfa seed in California, Idaho, and Washington state found about 10 per cent

of fields had feral or rogue varieties — and a quarter of those rogue varieties were transgenic. The study didn’t look for causes — both seed spillage and pollinators are possible causes — but its author said it “confirms that genetically engineered alfalfa has dispersed into the environment.”

“We’d rather not repeat their mistakes,” said Reese. “Particularly concerning is that the federal government licensed this product without any sort of study on what it might do to our markets.

“A lot of our major export customers have zero tolerance for this. We think this should be a major factor in whether these products are licensed, and it should be part of the assessment process. As of now, it is not.”

One farm group has already responded negatively to the development.

“Several alfalfa markets are highly sensitive to GM contamination, including certified organic, seed, pellet and hay exports to Europe, China and Japan, as well as domestic seed production and feed for organic livestock and dairy,” National Farmers Union president Jan Slomp said in a March 24 letter to federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay.

Hay-to-hay “coexistence” plans and best management practices have been developed for both the West and East, with the help of the Canadian Seed Trade Association and the forage industry, FGI said.

The updated plans and BMPs for both regions were drawn up in response to requests for further stewardship guidelines, FGI said, “to address the possibility of product moving from Eastern Canada to Western Canada.”

Similar plans have allowed organic, conventional and genetically modified alfalfa farmers to coexist in the U.S., where GM alfalfa has been on the market since 2005, the company said.

But Slomp, in his letter to MacAulay, warned of “widespread GM contamination of conventional alfalfa” in the U.S. “Because of its biological characteristics, it is not possible for GM alfalfa to ‘coexist’ with conventional alfalfa.”

‘Flexibility in cutting’ Canadian regulatory agencies approved unconfined environmental release for the lower-lignin alfalfa trait in October 2014, while HarvXtra alfalfa with the Roundup Ready trait was approved that December.

FGI said that for Canada, it has decided to release alfalfa with the Roundup Ready trait only as part of the HarvXtra package, and won’t release a separate product without the lower-lignin trait.

Genetically modifying alfalfa for lower lignin content, beyond what was possible through conventional breeding, should increase fibre digestibility and change or improve quality as the plant matures, compared to conventional alfalfa at the same stage of maturity, the company said.

Thus, FGI said, HarvXtra “offers more flexibility in cutting schedule to achieve improved forage quality or greater yield potential when compared to conventional alfalfa at the same stage of maturity.”

The NFU’s Slomp, however, said that by allowing hay harvests at later dates, FGI’s new alfalfa would increase bloom time “and hence, the unwanted spread of GM traits by cross-pollination.”

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Budget hoopla misses outlet channel support Funding for outlet channels on Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin gets significant shot in the arm

BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

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n important development for rural Manitobans has flown under the radar in the recent federal budget.

Hidden amid budget initiatives such as new First Nations funding and a beefed-up Canada Child Benefit was $248 million for the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin Outlet Channels Project, which aims to prevent flooding and better direct surface water in the province.

Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier said he was a bit surprised at the lack of response or even notice.

“Really, I didn’t hear anyone say much of anything about it,” said Mazier. He also noted this isn’t theoretical funds that may or may not arrive in the end.

“Actual funding that is approved and coming, it’s long overdue, but it’s there and it really stood out to me,” he said.

“That impacts agriculture in a big way, as well as the people who live around the lakes.”

Manitobans affected by flooding from Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin got some welcome news in the federal budget — a hard commitment for funding from the federal government. PHOTO: SANDI KNIGHT

The previous federal government had also pledged to help fund the channels, but had committed only $165 million to the megaproject. “ We t a l k l o t s a b o u t w a t e r i n Manitoba and this is a big positive for

us and for the whole province,” Mazier said.

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to that province’s control, will also have positive effects downstream in Manitoba.

“We know where that water ends up,” Mazier said.

Support is also promised in the 2016 federal budget for transboundary waterways and the bodies that help govern them.

“I would think that would benefit organizations like the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative and the Joint International Commission,” Mazier said.

The federal budget also laid out plans for an additional $30 million in agriculture funding over the next six years, specifically aimed at supporting research and innovation in advanced genomics.

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The process kicks off in early May and Statistics Canada is reminding growers there are plenty of reasons they should want to participate.

A recent email alert from the agency pointed out it’s the best, and in many cases only, way for a lot of decision makers to access statistical information about the industry.

“By drawing on this data, decision makers will be assured that they are acting in the interest of farmers, farm communities and agricultural operations,” the reminder read.

Farm organizations themselves are heavy users of census data and draw on this information to formulate policy recommendations, produce communications and outreach work, and conduct market development.

Regional, provincial and federal government policy advisers use Census of Agriculture data to help develop programs related to farm support and to evaluate the impact of natural disasters such as floods, droughts and storms, on agriculture. This allows for a quick reaction when a natural disaster does occur.

StatsCan also pointed out the Census of Agriculture: • Can identify trends and provide factual information on emerging issues, opportunities and challenges in agriculture; • Covers a wide range of topics like land use, crops, livestock, agriculture labour, machinery and equipment, land management and farm finances; and • Provides farmers and other stakeholders with relevant information about the future of the Canadian agriculture sector and helps them make informed decisions.

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PMRA once again upholds safety of 2,4-D One of the earliest registered crop protection products, 2,4-D has been controversial

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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fter a three-year review, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency has again approved the use of the herbicide 2,4-D. Developed after the Second World War, the safety of the weed killer has been upheld in numerous reviews in Canada and elsewhere, despite repeated attacks on its use.

PMRA will collect public comments on its decision until mid-April and then issue a special review document further explaining the science behind its decision.

P M R A n o t e d 2,4-D-containing products do not present unacceptable risks to human health and the environment when used according to the label. There are some

The IARC hazard classifications are not health risk assessments and the levels of human exposure, which determine the actual risk, are not taken into account in the IARC assessments.

label restrictions on the number of applications and rules around buffer zones added after past re-evaluations.

As part of its decision, the PMRA said it assessed a report released last year by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which classified 2,4-D as possibly carcinogenic to humans.

“The IARC hazard classifications are not health risk assessments and the levels of human exposure, which determine the

actual risk, are not taken into account in the IARC assessments,” PMRA concluded.

The PMRA report also noted there are no incident reports of cancer related to 2,4-D use in the Canadian database it maintains. It also noted in the cancer cases that were reported by IARC, no clear link had been drawn and many other potential risk factors were present.

At the same time the weight of evidence from animal studies that were designed to test cau-

ConAgra, Kellogg, Mars to label for GMOs in U.S. Processors prepare for a Vermont label law to take effect this summer Reuters

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onAgra Foods on March 22 joined other food giants in plans to use labels that disclose the presence of genetically modified organisms or GMOs in its food throughout the U.S. ConAgra and other food companies such as Campbell Soup and General Mills have decided to use such labels nationwide, finding it to be the easiest way to comply with a Vermont law.

In 2014, Vermont became the first U.S. state to pass a law requiring food companies to label GMOs on their products.

The legislation will come into effect in July.

ConAgra said while it is believed consumers should be informed as to what is in their food, addressing labelling requirements separately, just for the state of Vermont would be a costly affair.

“With a multitude of other states currently considering different GMO labelling requirements, the need for a national, uniform approach in this area is as critical as ever.

That’s why we continue to urge Congress to pass a national solution as quickly as possible,” the company said in a statement.

Paul Norman, president for Kellogg North America, said March 23 on the company’s website that the breakfast cereal giant will begin labelling “some” of its products nationwide for presence of GMOs, starting in mid- to late April.

Snack and pet food maker Mars, Inc. also said that week it will introduce “clear, on-pack labelling on our products that contain GM ingredients nationwide,” with the Vermont legislation in mind.

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“The PMRA’s assessment of the scientific data base is another consistent regulatory decision that concludes the use of 2,4-D not only protects food production but also the environment,” said Jim Gray, executive director of a crop protection industry task force formed around the emerging debate over 2,4-D and research data.

He said PMRA findings were consistent with expert reviews and earlier decisions of authorities such as the World Health Organization, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, European Commission, and European Food Safety Authority.

In last two decades, PMRA

has released four re-evaluation decisions on 2,4-D, all upholding its use in agriculture, forestry and turf management. In them they evaluated available scientific information related to the aspects of concern for human health and the environment, Gray said.

Gray also said a study in 2006

by RIAS Inc. concluded that 2,4-D and comparable herbicides save farmers $227 million in production costs or crop losses.

“Most notably, 2,4-D has long been recognized as being a superior tank-mixing partner with other herbicides, and that after seven decades of use, 2,4-D continues to show little evidence of weeds developing resistance to it,” he said.

The herbicide is approved for use in more than 100 other countries including the United States and Europe.

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Loonie turns up following two-week reversal From January to April the loonie has risen almost 10 cents against the greenback Two-week reversal David Drozd Market Outlook

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he Canadian dollar has been having a short covering rally for the past few months, gaining nearly .1000 relative to the U.S. dollar. However, the major trend remains down as this market continues to put in lower highs and lower lows.

The Canadian dollar was at par with the U.S. dollar in February 2013. For the past three years the loonie has trended lower, getting down to .6800 in January 2016. A two-week reversal developed on January 22, 2016 which indicated the Canadian dollar was about to turn up. Today it is closer to .7800.

A two-week reversal develops when on the first week, at a low, the market advances to new lows and closes very weak, at or near the low of the day.

The following week, prices open unchanged to slightly lower, but cannot make additional downside progress.

Quantity buying appears early in the week to halt the decline and prices begin to move higher. By week’s end, the market rallies to around the preceding week’s high and closes at or near that level.

Canadian dollar weekly nearby Chart as of March 30, 2016

Market psychology The two-week reversal is a 180-degree turn in sentiment.

On the first week the shorts are comfortable and confident. The market’s performance provides encouragement and reinforces the expectation

of greater profits. The second week’s activity is psychologically damaging. It is a complete turnaround from the preceding week and serves to

destroy or at least shake the confidence of many who are still short the market. The immediate outlook for prices is abruptly put in question.

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Just as chart analysis is useful for determining a change in price direction, it can also be used to determine the price trend. Prices over a period of several months or years are generally either moving up or down. This direction is the long-term or major trend of the market.

W i t h i n t h e m a j o r t re n d there are a series of prominent peaks and valleys that can be of several weeks’ duration, which create the intermediate trends. Finally, there are small fluctuations within the inter mediate moves that are the minor trends.

Therefore, a trend may be interpreted in varying ways, but our focus here is on the intermediate and long-term perspectives.

During the course of a trend and all the fluctuations which compose it, there is a wellobserved characteristic for prices to closely follow a sloping straight line path. During a period of rising prices, this path is determined by a line drawn across the lows of the reactions, which is illustrated as (A) in the accompanying chart.

In a rising market, for a trendline to be both valid and reliable there should be at least three points of price contact, each of which coincides with the low of a market reaction. These price reactions must bottom at progressively higher levels.

Thus, a properly constructed trendline may be touched several times by the fluctuating market during the course of a move without being penetrated. The longer the trendline endures, the more significant becomes its eventual penetration as an indicator of trend change.

Producers who recognized the two-week reversal and patiently waited to convert the Canadian dollar to U.S. currency, have been rewarded for doing so.

Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@agchieve.ca.

David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based AgChieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis. Visit AgChieve online at www. agchieve.ca for information about our grain-marketing advisory service and to see our latest grain market analysis. You can call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free copy of my latest eBook Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 7, 2016

Canary seed demand remains tepid

Gopher’s delight

A stronger loonie makes encouraging demand difficult

BY JADE MARKUS

“… in 13 years I don’t even know if I’ve seen it this slow.”

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espite now being considered fit for human consumption, demand for canary seed still hasn’t taken flight — and that’s being reflected in lower prices, one industry specialist says.

The largest source of pressure in Canada’s canar y seed market is weak demand, according to David Nobbs, chair at the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan at Kindersley, Sask.

Demand for canary seed is down about 20-30 per cent, Nobbs estimated, and he doesn’t expect the issue to be resolved any time soon.

“Weeks turn into months and months turn into quarters, and the lack of disappearance of product is weighing on the market.”

Advances in the Canadian dollar have limited exporter ability to drop prices in an attempt to stimulate demand, he added.

Earlier in the year, when the Canadian dollar was at its cheapest since 2003, grower return was about 27 cents per pound — but the loonie has now strengthened from those lows.

“It flip-flopped the other way,” Nobbs said. “It’s coming right out of the grower price.”

Canary seed’s spot prices are now about 24 cents per pound.

Gains in the Canadian currency have left destination sales at a stalemate, but it’s not the only reason demand is sluggish.

“There’s virtually no new-crop business on the books, which is unusual,” Nobbs said. “Buyers are just not forward buying it.”

David Nobbs Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan

Canary seed was oversupplied at the end of the last crop year, as marketers pulled demand forward on drought concerns, causing the market to rally up to 30 cents per pound.

Now the market is sufficiently supplied, and buyers have gone from being speculative to slowly grinding through purchases in a market that’s steadily moving lower.

Current prices are still fair, Nobbs said, but the problem is he doesn’t see those values holding, even at the relatively weak 24-cent level.

“There is no demand. In fact, in 13 years I don’t even know if I’ve seen it this slow,” he said.

Looking to the growing season ahead, acres are expected to edge down slightly, according to early estimates.

S a s k a t c h e w a n g r ow s n e a r l y a l l o f Canada’s canar y seed. Nobbs said he expects acres will come down in durumgrowing areas, predominantly in eastern Saskatchewan, but will advance in wheatgrowing areas, which are mostly in the west.

Seeded acres of canary seed are pegged at 321,000 acres this season, compared with 326,000 the year prior, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said.

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Parkland

Birtle

Brandon

Wes & Deb Papp Swan River, MB | April 15, 2016 · 10 am

Pilot Mound, MB | April 12, 2016 · 10 am

W&D Papp Grain Farms Ltd.

Sterling Brothers

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Carberry

Westman

Waskada

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Arborg

Interlake

Langruth Gladstone

Neepawa Rapid City

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Unreserved Public Retirement Auction

Lundar

Erickson

Hamiota

Melita

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Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Minnedosa

Reston

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Virden

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

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St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

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Red River

AUCTION SALES

2013 John Deere S680

2— 2015 New Holland CX8080

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

2012 Case IH 500HD

FARM AUCTION FOR GARY & Lisa Neumann Sat., Apr. 23rd, 11:00 AM 3-mi East of Waldersee, MB on Rd 106N. TRACTORS & HARVESTING EQUIP: 1985 2594 Case IH 24-SPD PS 20.8x42 fact Duals, 2-hyds 1,000-PTO 5,800-hrs; 1980 4490 Case PS 1,000-PTO 3-hyds 18.4x34 Duals 5,500-hrs; 1985 1482 Case IH combine, shedded, lots of extra parts for this combine; 1987 722 CCIL 26-ft Swather w/PU Reel approx 2,800-hrs; Swath Roller. SEEDING & TILLAGE EQUIP: 8800 Bourgault 32-ft cult w/1110 Tank Air Seeder; 20-ft MH-310 Morris Hoe Drill w/fact Trans; 29-ft Leon C78-329 Cult; 30-ft 5000 INT Vibra Chisel mulchers; 29-ft 179 CCIL Cult. w/NH3 kit; 60-ft Inland Tine Harrows; 68-ft 3300T CCIL Sprayer w/800-gal.

Poly Tank; 5- 16 Melroe Plow; Degelman Rock Picker; 15-ft Co-op Discer. *Consigned: 26-ft Crust Buster Tandem Disc w/self leveling hyds; 1978 Ford 600 15-ft Box RT* GRAIN BINS & AUGERS: 2,100-bu Westeel Hopper Bin; 2) 5,900-bu Westeel bin (21-ft diameter) 3,850-bu Westeel Bin w/aeration Floor; 3,300-bu Westeel Bin w/aeration Floor 3hp aeration fan; 3850 Westeel Bin; 3,300-bu Westeel Bin; 2,750-bu Westeel Bin; 1,650-bu Westeel Bin. *Bins are to be removed by Aug 15/16* 1026A Remco Grain Vac; MK100-61 Westfield Auger; 7x41 Westfield Auger w/14-HP eng; Pencil augers; Bin Sweep; V Tank; 1,000-gal. Fuel Tank w/elect Pump; 500-gal. Tank for used oil; Farm Wagon. SHOP & MISC EQUIP: 250-amp Idealarc AC/DC Lincoln Welder; 36-inx11-in metal Lathe; 25-Ton hyd Press; Bench model Drill Press; approx 100-lb anvil; Forge; elect Cut off saw; elect Hacksaw; assort of Tools; Hyd Floor Jack; Floating water Pump; 2-HP shop bilt Grinder; 1/4 to 1-in Tap & Die Set; 5-in Bench Vice; Metal Bolt Bins; air Greaser; approx 100, 4 to 5-in treated 8-ft posts; approx 65, 6 to 8-in x10-ft treated posts; 5 rolls of 5-ft Page Wire; 2x10 Treated Planks; approx 200-ft of 5/8-in Cable; Portable Cordwood saw; 14-ft Canoe. ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES: Victrola Grammaphone; Wall mt Telephone; Pot Belly Stove; Singer Treadle & elect Sewing machine; Platform Scale; 6 Buffalo Skulls; Texaco Gas Bauser; Misc. website www.nickelauctions.com Terms Cash or Cheque.

Lunch served. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Everything sells AS IS Where IS All Sales Final. Statements made on sale day will take precedent over all previous advertising Owners & auction company are not responsible for accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd, Dave Nickel auctioneer Ph: (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 e-mail nickelauctions@mymts.net Owners (204)352-4379

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Sign up for daily enews at manitobacooperator.ca 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

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

2014 Bourgault 7700

2010 John Deere 9430 & 2012 John Deere 1890 43.5 Ft w/John Deere 1910 270±

2008 John Deere 4720 100 Ft

2010 John Deere A400 36 Ft

2012 Case IH 500 & 2012 Unverferth 1315 Xtreme

2— 2011 New Holland H8040 30 Ft

2013 Rogator RG1100 132 Ft

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

Collection of 25+ Antique Tractors & Steam Engines

Collection of 25+ Antique Tractors & Steam Engines AUCTION LOCATION: From PILOT MOUND, MB, at the Jct of Hwy 3 & 253 (gas station) go 3.2 km (2 miles) West, then 4 km (2.5 miles) North. Yard on West side. GPS: 49.2439, -98.9409 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 John Deere 9430 4WD Tractor · 1998 John Deere 7810 MFWD Tractor · Over 25 Beautifully Restored Antique Tractors, 1936-59 · 1887 Russell & Co Steam Engine · 1908 Sawyer Massey 27-82 Steam Engine · 2013 John Deere S680 Combine · 2007 John Deere 936D 36 Ft Draper Header · 2006 John Deere 635F 35 Ft Draper Header · 2010 John Deere A400 36 Ft Swather · 1981 Case 580D Wheel Loader · Caterpillar 6 Way Hydraulic Pull Grader · 7 CY Hydraulic Pull Scraper · 2003

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com John Sterling: 204.825.0003 Stan Sterling: 204.825.0097

Wesley Papp: 204.734.8383 wdpapp@gmail.com

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Steven Perrin: 204.573.0993 800.491.4494

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Darren Teale: 306.278.7373 800.491.4494

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Sat. April 9th, 2016 @ 11:00 am South Junction, MB, Hwy 12 Go East Through Town 5 Miles on Rd 3N Contact: (204) 437-2842

Recreation: 2011 Hurricane Sundeck DS 2000, 23" Open Bow w Yamaha 150 HP 4 Stroke ,Trailer, only 138 Hrs * 05 American Star 5th Wheel 32' Camper, 4' Slide Out, A/C * 94 Sierra 5th Wheel 34' Camper, A/C * Polaris Indy 500 Snowmobile * 07 Arctic Cat 4 x 4 700 Quad w Dozer * Tractor & Equip: Case 1070 Cab P. Shift 540/1000 w Leon 707 FEL 7163 Hrs. * NH 315 Square Baler * Hesston 5500 RD Baler * 12 ' Deep Tiller * Horses & Tack: 96 B H Featherlite 16' Tandem Stock Trailer * 2 Quarter Horses Saddle Broke * 60' Rd Horse Training Pen * Roping, Western & New Synthetic Saddles * 2)Electric Fencers * Along w Yard Items * Guns * Tool*, Farm Misc * Home Repair * Household and some Antiques * Go To Web For Full List * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

BUFFALO CREEK MILLS SEED PLANT CLEANING EQUIPMENT AUCTION

ACREAGE AUCTION

Brian & Tanja Parisien

Peterbilt 379L T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · 1980 Mack T/A Grain Truck · 2012 Timpte 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 1998 Cancade 30 Ft T/A End Dump Grain Trailer · 2008 John Deere 4720 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2012 John Deere 1890 43.5 Ft Disc Drill · John Deere 2410 49 Ft Cultivator · Bourgault 9200 40 Ft Cultivator · Hutch Master 7600 25 Ft Tandem Disc · Ezee-On 16 Ft Tandem Disc · 2009 Bourgault 6000 70 Ft Mid Harrows ...AND MUCH MORE!

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 10 AM ALTONA, MB Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

This is a short list:

• 30 - 40 brand new 2 HP Electric motors single phase 600 volts • Indent graders, gravity cleaners, destoners. patty table, asperation units • A few 10’’ grain legs • Cylones, Rice Dehuller

And So Much More!! Please check our website www.billklassen.com

LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 30 AND 201 EAST JCT - THIS IS 1 MILE NORTH OF ALTONA, MANITOBA ON HIGHWAY 30

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For line up of auction selling order and information on equipment contact Ryan Penner: 204-324-0214 See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

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DON’T MISS THESE PREMIUM SALES! for full listing and pictures, please visit www.fraserauction.com UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

for FINLAY FARMS 89 LTD, WALTER & DEBRA FINLEY of SOURIS, MB. - THURSDAY APRIL 14th 9:30 AM

• 2014 NH T9.505 4WD 475hp w/NH IntelliView IV monitor with Hyd Inteli Steer • 2011 NH T9.390 4WD 354hp w/Hyd Auto pilot, NH Trimble 750 guidance GNSS • 2014 NH T6.175 MFWD 140hp w/855TL High Lift loader • 2013 NH CR8090 sp combine w/790CP-15 p/u header with Houston seed saver • 2013 40’ NH 840CD-40 ST Cut header

• 2014 NH Speedrower 200 SP Swather w/36’ Duraswath 436HB header • 2014 J&M 680 bus dual compartment grain wagon • 2013 NH SP240F XP sprayer w/100’ booms, 1200 gal poly tank • 2013 Freightliner M2106 T/A w/20’ Neustar Box & Hoist, SAFETIED • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

NLI NE BIDDING

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

for RINN FARMS Ltd. (JIM & CHARLIE RINN) of LANGRUTH, MB. THURSDAY, APRIL 21st 12:00 NOON

• 2013 Versatile 2375 4wd 375HP Tractor w/ Outback STX Guidance, Hyd auto steer • 2003 Versatile 2210 MFWD 210HP Tractor • 1976 IH 1566 2WD 140HP Tractor • 1998 CaseIH 2388 SP Combine w/CaseIH 1015 Pick-up hdr • 1997 JD 9600 SP Combine w/JD 914 Pick-up header • 1999 Premier 2930 SP Swather w/25’ MacDon 972 Harvest header

• 1993 25’ CaseIH 8220 PT Swather • 1988 Ford AeroMax 9000 T/A Grain Truck w/20’ B&H, • 1985 Ford 9000 T/A Grain Truck w/20’ B&H, SAFETIED • 40’ Bourgault 8800 Air Seeder w/Bourgault 3225 Air Cart • 50’ Flexi Coil 85 Heavy Harrows w/3255 Valmar • 24’ Land Roller w/44” Roller • 2008 13”x90’ Brandt PTO swing hopper auger • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL, TEXT or EMAIL WALTER FINLAY 204-725-7885 or whfinlay@hotmail.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jim (res) 204-445-2392 or (cell) 204-871-2245 or Charlie (res) 204-445-2218 (cell)

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

COMPLETE LIQUIDATION of FARM & MEAT CUTTING EQUIPMENT

for LEONARD & CECILE GILLIS

for LAWRENCE & JAN KOSTESKY

of BALDUR, MB. FRIDAY, APRIL 15th 9:00 AM

• 1990 Ford Versatile 946 Designation 6 4WD 325HP Tractor • JD 8970 4WD 400HP Tractor w/750 Trimble Guidance with Trimble E-Zee Pilot Wheel • 1984 Allis Chalmers 8050 MFWD 169HP Tractor • 1986 CaseIH 2096 2WD 128HP Tractor • 2002 Gleaner C62 SP Combine w/Agco 4000 pick-up hdr • 1998 Gleaner R72 SP Combine w/Agco 400 pick-up hdr • 2001 Premier 2950 Turbo SP Swather w/30’ MacDon 972 Hdr

of ROSSBURN, MB. TUESDAY, APRIL 26th10:30pm

• 2002 NH TC30 MFWD 30hp DSL Utility Tractor w/Soft Cab • 1975 White 2-85 2WD Tractor w/707 Leon Loader • Allis Chalmers One-Eighty DSL 2WD Tractor • 2009 NH L180 Skid Steer 63hp w/Cab Enclosure • 60” Inland hyd drive Skid Steer Mount Snow Blower • 14’ Gehl 2270 Hydra Swing Haybine • NH BR780 Rd Baler w/Extra Sweep pick-up

• 1999 93’ Walker 44 High Clearance Sprayer • 60’ Terra-Gator 1803 Granular 3-wheel floater • JD 350B Crawler Loader w/66” Drott 4in1 Bucket • 1999 Sterling T/A Grain Truck w/20’ Loadline B+H, • 1998 Ford AeroMax T/A Grain Truck w/20’ Cancade, • 2007 Chev 3500 LT Duramax Dsl 4x4 ext cab truck, • 2012 32’ Load Max 5th Wheel Flat Deck Trailer • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL LEONARD GILLIS 204-523-6110

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT LAWRENCE KOSTESKY 204-859-2571 res OR 204-365-7580 cell

NLI NE BIDDING

8TH ANNUAL KILLARNEY & DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

for H. BOUTALL FARMING

of STRATHCLAIR, MB. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th 12:00PM

KILLARNEY, MB. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2016 10:00 AM

• 2014 Kubota M9960HD CC24/CAB 99HP Tractor • 2011 Kubota L3800DT 37.4HP 8F/4R 4WD Tractor w/ Kubota LA524 Loader • CaseIH 7130 2WD Tractor • JD 6400 Tractor w/ 640 Self Leveling Loader • JD 2140 2WD Tractor w/146 Loader • IH 433 fully hyd pt scraper w/approx 20/22-yard capacity • (2) 8 kilowatt light plant w/towers

• 2010 Manitou MLT 731 Turbo telehandler (Ag Specs) • 2014 MF 3650 Xtra MFWD 97hp tractor w/only 140hrs showing • 1991 JD 4555 2wd 157hp tractor • MF-Hesston 1745 rd baler (only done 200 bales) • 2002 Hesston 4760 square baler • 2005 12’ Hesston 1345 Discbine • Kuhn SR112 Speedrake

• (2) 12’ Box Scrapers – Shop made • 1990 JD 9600 sp combine • JD 7720 Turbo Combine • 33’ Bourgault 8810 air seeder w/Bourgault 5250 air cart • 50’ Morris Heavy Harrow, Model 50 HHB, s/n FP50005275 • 36’ Bourgault Vibre Master Air Sdr w/Bourgault 2115 Air Tank • semi style t/a seed and fertilizer tender trailer w/rear augers • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO CONSIGN CONTACT: DEL SMITH 204-534-7783 OR FRASER AUCTION SERVICE 204-727-2001

NLI NE BIDDING

UNRESERVED FARM AUCTION

RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

for NICK & ANN HOLYK

of SNOWFLAKE, MB. MONDAY APRIL 18th 9:30 AM

of BRANDON, MB. THURSDAY, APRIL 28th 10:00AM • 1999 Freightliner FL112 T/A Grain Truck w/20’ Loadline Box, SAFETIED • 1971 CAT D6C Dozer w/Full Cab Enclosure (very clean unit) • 10’ Rome Disc • 1982 JD 8450 4wd 187hp (Dyno at 225hp) Tractor • MF 3120T MFWA 120hp Turbo Tractor w/Allied 795 Loader • 1986 JCB 1400B Backhoe Loader

• JD 270LC EX18 Track Excavator • CAT 80 Fully Hyd Scraper • 2007 Freightliner Columbia T/A Grain Truck w/21’ Loadline B&H, SAFETIED • 2000 Western Star T/A Grain Truck w/20’ Loadline B&H, SAFETIED • 2011 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Laramie Crew Cab Dually 4 x 4 w/9.5’ Flat Deck, SAFETIED • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT CLIFF SEWARD 204-242-0077 OR LES FUNK 204-242-4323

NLI NE BIDDING

for DON & DENISE BROMLEY

of BRANDON, MB. TUESDAY, APRIL 19th 12:30pm

UNRESERVED CUSTOM CABINET SHOP AUCTION DALE WONDRASEK CUSTOM CABINETS & THE RETIREMENT of DALE & BONNIE WONDRASEK of BINSCARTH, MB. SATURDAY, APRIL 30th 2016 10:00 AM

• 2012 CS920 Wheel Loader • Melroe Bobcat 642 Skid Steer • Allis Chalmers FP40 Propane powered Fork lift • 2015 14’ Load Trail T/A Dump Trailer • 2013 33’ Load Trail tandem dual flat deck trailer • 2011 20’ Royal Cargo Enclosed T/A • Swisher 60” Zero Turn Mower w/ 27HP Engine • Laguna Tools Puma CNC Router

• 9 Wheel Sitrac Rake • NH 1033 Sq Bale Wagon • 8 yard Schulte Hydraulic Scraper • 1989 Ford F800 Tag Axle Truck w/Box +Hoist, SAFETIED • New Idea 363 Manure Spreader • NH 358 Mix Mill, Hyd Drive Bale Feeder • (2) Approx 2200 Bus Westeel Rosco Hopper Bins • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT DON & DENISE BROMLEY 204-725-6020 Cell 204-725-1660 Res Email: dhbromley@yahoo.ca

• CNC Operational Software Cabinet Vision 2012 • 3D Kitchen Cabinet Design Software Program KCD Version 9.108 • Felder (Format 4) Scoring Panel Saw • Busy Bee 10” Cabinet Saw • Lobo Tools Straight Line/Rip Saw, c/w Laser Guide System • SCM Edge Bander, Olympic • Marcon Woodworking Machinery Inc. Line Boring Machine • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Dale or Bonnie Wondrasek 204-532-2486 dwondras@inetlink.ca

NLI NE BIDDING

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for POST & REMPEL FARMS Danny & Margaret Post & Fred & Elene Rempel of GLENELLA, MB WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th 10:00 AM

• 2007 CaseIH 2588 AFS Combine w/CaseIH 2015 Pick-Up Hdr • 2003 CaseIH 2388 AFS Combine w/CaseIH 2015 Pick-up Hdr • 1983 Versatile 945 Series 3 4WD Tractor 335hp • 1980 IH 1486 2WD Tractor 146hp w/Factory 3PT • 1978 IH 1086 2WD Tractor 131hp • 1964 IH 806 DSL 2WD Open Station Tractor 86hp • 2011 Bau-Man 2416 16” pto water pump • 30’ Honey Bee SP30 Straight Cut Hdr w/CaseIH 88 Series Adapter

• 1989 JD 9500 Combine w/JD 914 PU Header • 24.5’ IH 4000 Swather w/UII PU Reel • 1998 25’ JD 925 Straight Cut Header • 40’ King Equipment Float • 29.5’ CaseIH 8100 Air Seeder w/8100 Air Tank • 70’ Delmar 5500M Mid Harrows • 2003 Arctic Cat 400 4x4 Quad • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Nick Holyk 204-726-8156 res or 204-729-7605 cell

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

• 1994 CaseIH 7230 MFWA 185hp Tractor w/18 Spd PS Trans • 1989 CaseIH 2096 115hp Tractor w/3PT • 1998 CaseIH 2388 Axial-Flow Combine w/CaseIH 1015 PU Hdr • 25’ CaseIH 1010 Straight Cut Header w/Bat Reel • 30’ Morris Maxim Model 29AD Air Drill w/Morris Maxim 6180 Air Tank • 1988 CaseIH 3650 Rd Baler • 1982 9’ NH 488 Haybine

• 34’ Mandako LR-5/8-42 land roller • 2014 Teagle XT48 3pt seed and fertilizer spreader • 2014 18’ Twose 3pt 6 row spring tine harrows • 7’ Woods Brush Bull Extreme 3pt brush cutter mower • 2014 Warwick 10’ 4 ton dumping trailer • Arrow Farming portable livestock handling system w/ squeeze chute • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

For more information, contact Angus Boutall 204-365-2632

for THE ESTATE OF ALVIN FINDLAY

• 2012 Versatile 550 4WD Tractor 550hp w/Pwr Shift • 2009 Versatile 535 4WD Tractor 535hp w/Pwr Shift • NH TV6070 Bi-Directional Tractor 105hp w/NH84LB Ldr • 2005 NH TV145 Bi-Directional Tractor 145hp w/NH 84L ldr • 2013 CaseIH 9230 AFS Combine w/CaseIH 3016 Pick Up Hdr • 2004 JD 9860 STS Combine w/JD 914P Pickup • 2008 New Holland H8040 SP Swather w/30’ NH Header • Case 721E Wheel Loader

• 2003 2 Place Karavan Trail Blazer Tilt Deck S/A Ski-Doo Trailer • (2) 2200 Bus Westeel Bins on Westeel Hoppers w/ DBL Skid pkg, Aeration Rockets • JD Gator CX 2WD UTV w/Elect/Hyd dump box • Toro SS5060 Time Cutter Zero Turn Mower • Full line of meat cutting and processing equipment • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION

for ALLAN & BEULAH MARSHALL of RUSSELL, MB. TUESDAY, MAY 3rd 12:00 NOON

• 1992 JD 4455 2wd Tractor 141hp • 1990 JD 4755 2wd Tractor 177hp • 2N Ford Tractor • 1987 JD 7721 Titan II PT Combine • 25’ Versatile 4750 DSL SP Swather w/UII Pick-up Reel • 1999 30’ MacDon PT Swather

• 30’ CaseIH 1010 Ridged Straight Cut Header • 2005 25’ Westward 9352 SP Swather w/2 Spd Hydro, EZ-Steer • 2008 62’ Bourgault 5710 Series II Air • 2011 Bourgault 6550 ST Air Cart w/Dbl Fans, 4 Compartment • 2008 132’ Trident 3600 Spray-Air PT Sprayer w/1200 Gal Poly Tank • 72’ Bourgault 7200 Heavy Harrows • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Danny Post 204-857-2608 Cell or 204-843-2840 Res Fred Rempel 204-476-6987 Cell or 204-834-2571

• 32’ CaseIH 4800 Air Seeder w/Bourgault 2115 Special Air Cart • 5 Yard Leon 550 Hyd Scraper w/Hyd Push Off • Degelman R570S Rotary Stone Picker • 1973 GMC 5000 S/A Truck w/13’ B&H • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Al Marshall 204-773-3523 Res or 204-773-6822 Cell Email: abmarshall3@gmail.com

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

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Crystal City, MB | April 11, 2016 · 11 am

Oxbow, SK | April 13, 2016 · 10 am

Murray McIntyre Holding Ltd.

Brian & Patti Northeast

2007 John Deere 9220 & 2008 John Deere 9430

2009 John Deere 9770STS

2011 John Deere 9770STS 2012 Versatile 375

2012 John Deere 7130

2006 John Deere 9420

2004 Frontier GC1108

2012 Peterbilt 386 & 2011 Doepker 48 Ft AUCTION LOCATION: From Jct of Hwy 3 & 34 (South of Crystal City), go 9.7 km (6 miles) West, then 0.4 km (0.25 mile) South OR From MATHER, MB, go 11.3 km (7 miles) East on Hwy 3, then 0.4 km (0.25 mile) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 49.0812, -99.0661 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 Versatile 375 4WD Tractor · 2006 John Deere 9420 4WD Tractor · 1981 John Deere 8440 4WD Tractor · 2012 John Deere 7130 Premium MFWD Tractor · 2009 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2011 John Deere 635F 35 Ft Flex Header · 2008 John Deere 4895 30 Ft Swather · 2012 Peterbilt 386 T/A Truck Tractor · 2011 Doepker 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 2010 PJ Trailers 18 Ft T/A Equipment

Trailer · 2008 Bourgault 3310PHD 55 Ft Air Drill · 2008 Bourgault 6550ST Tow-Behind Air Tank · 1997 John Deere 985 55 Ft Cultivator · 1998 John Deere 685 51 Ft Cultivator · 2005 Bourgault 7200 70 Ft Heavy Harrows · Ag Shield 96 Ft Field Sprayer · 2004 Frontier GC1108 1100± Bushel S/A Grain Cart · (18) Hopper Bins · (3) Ring Grain Bins · (6) Grain Augers · 2004 Frontier GC1108 1100± Bushel S/A Grain Cart ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

2006 Seedmaster 48 Ft & 2002 John Deere 1900 340±

2002 International 9400 & 2010 Grain Hauler 45 Ft AUCTION LOCATION: From OXBOW, SK, go 11.3 km (7 miles) South on Grid 603, then 8 km (5 miles) East. Yard on South side. GPS: 49.1391, -102.0623 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2008 John Deere 9430 4WD Tractor · 2007 John Deere 9220 4WD Tractor · 1984 John Deere 8450 4WD Tractor · 1993 John Deere 7700 MFWD Tractor · 2012 John Deere 3032E MFWD Utility Tractor · 2011 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2010 MacDon D60-D 40 Ft Draper · 2005 Premier 2952I 30 Ft Swather · 2002 International 9400 T/A Truck Tractor · 1979 International 1724 S/A

Brian Northeast: 306.483.5158(h), 306.483.7584(c) Patti Northeast:306.485.7990(c), pnortheast@sasktel.net

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Steven Perrin: 204.573.0993 800.491.4494

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Don Cheslock

Grain Truck · 2010 Grain Hauler 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 2009 Load Trail 20 Ft T/A Equipment Trailer · 2006 Seedmaster 48 Ft Air Drill · 2002 John Deere 1900 340± Bushel Tow-Behind Air Tank · 2005 John Deere 4720 90 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 1994 Flexi-Coil 65XL 100 Ft Field Sprayer · 2001 Westeel 6625 Litre NH3 Tank · Lrg Qty of Grain Bins...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

Murray McIntyre: 204.873.2324 (h) 204.825.7615(c), murlee@goinet.ca

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Edward & Cathy Dureault Wolseley, SK | April 16, 2016 · 10 am

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 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

1998 John Deere 9300 & Seed Hawk 4210 42 Ft & Flexi-Coil 1720

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

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equip auction for Tom Webb (306)459-2731 Mon., Apr 11th, 2016 10:00 am. 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 Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing.

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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 *

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 10:00 am.

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

Rogator 1064 100 Ft

12TH ANNUAL SPRING EQUIPMENT AUCTION

AUCTION LOCATION: From WOLSELEY, SK, go 4.5 km (2.8 miles) South on Grid 617, 4.7 km (2.9 miles) West. Yard on South side. GPS: 50.3604, -103.3237

Sat. April 16-9:30am

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 1998 John Deere 9300 4WD Tractor · 1980 John Deere 4840 2WD Tractor · 2005 John Deere 9760STS Combine · 1995 Case IH 2188 Combine · 2004 Westward 9250 30 Ft Swather · 1999 International 9400 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor ·

• Tractors • Trucks • Tillage • Sprayers • Row Crop • Headers • Recreational • Lawn & Garden.

2005 John Deere 9760STS

1987 International 9900 Eagle T/A Grain Truck · 2008 Drake 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2013 Abu 16 Ft Equipment Trailer · 2005 Custombuilt 8 Ft Equipment Trailer · Seed Hawk 4210 42 Ft Air Drill · FlexiCoil 1110 Tow-Behind Air Tank · Rogator 1064 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Edward Dureault: 306.698.2712 (h) 306.698.7668 (c), ed.dur@sasktel.net

Drayton, ND.

Full listing after April 1st on midwestauctions.com/rapacz, Agweek, or Farm & Ranch Proxy-Bid Online Bidding

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

Argyle, MN

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Brought to you by SteffesGroup.com TRACK TRACTORS Caterpillar 55, powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, Outback Universal auto steer globe, Outback S3 monitor, radio, chin weights, 18” tracks, 80% 2006 Caterpillar MT875B, powershift, 4 hyd., swinging drawbar, front weights, front idler weights, 30” tracks, 4,717 hrs., S/NAGCMT875KBFT60564 4WD TRACTORS 1975 Steiger Bearcat II, CAH, 3208 Cat, 10 spd., 3 hyd., 5,800 hrs., remfg. engine with less than 900 hrs., updated Sanden R134 A/C system, Degelman blade sells separate Steiger Cougar III ST251, CAH, 4 hyd., shows 4,348 hrs.

1975 JD 7520, 4WD, CAH, A/C converted to R134a, 16 spd. syncro, 3 hyd., 1000 PTO, shows 7,550 hrs., S/NT925R005530R MFWD TRACTORS & LOADERS 2010 JD 8295R, MFWD, IVT, deluxe cab, active seat, 5 hyd., return flow, 60 gpm, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, integrated AutoTrac, diff lock, radar, 2,302 hrs., S/N1RW8295RL9D003265 2013 JD 7330, MFWD, New Legend 740 loader w/bucket, S/N1L07330HJCH40103 2013 JD 6170R, MFWD, CAH, IVT, left hand reverser, 4 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, front susp., integrated auto steer, 7” screen, w/JD 3000 globe, radar weight bracket, 1,330 hrs., S/N1R6170RCDD006578 2010 JD 6140D, MFWD, 9 spd. shuttle shift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, left hand reverser, rear diff lock, (12) front weights, (4) rear wheel weights, 1,982 hrs., S/NP06140D001410 2006 JD 8330, MFWD, deluxe cab, deluxe comfort pkg., buddy seat, 16/4 powershift, ILS, 4 hyd., power beyond, 3 pt., 1000 PTO., AutoTrac ready, dual beam radar, Cat 3 drawbar, 5,315 hrs.

2000 JD 7810, MFWD, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 6,572 hrs., S/NRW7810P034581 2007 Case-IH MXM120 Pro, MFWD, powershift, left hand reverser, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, L760 loader, 822 hrs., S/NACM283772 2005 NH TG210, MFWD, Super Steer, 5 hyd., 3 pt., small & large 540/1000 PTO, heavy duty drawbar, 6,800 hrs.

2011 KMW 1860 quick attach loader, w/quick attach bucket, 96” bucket, mounts for NH TG Series tractor

1994 NH 8770, MFWD, Super Steer, CAH, 16 spd., 4 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, full front weights 1988 Case-IH 7130, MFWD, CAH, new air ride seat, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, diff lock, radar, (12) front weights, 7,027 hrs., 50 hrs. on all rebuilt SCV valves, S/N4460

2WD TRACTORS AC 190XT Series III, cab w/heat IHC 986, cab, 2WD, engine stuck IHC 656 open station, 63 hp., gas GPS EQUIPMENT Trimble 750 display & globe Garmin GPS radar sensor JD GS2 2600 display, no activations JD Starfire globe, wiring harness Trimble RT-200 GreenSeeker system JD brown box JD ITC globe, SF1 JD 8 row population monitor & Summers 3 section sprayer controller Beeline Arro auto steer, complete HARVEST EQUIPMENT 2013 JD S670, premium cab (2) JD 615P pickup head, AHH 2007 Geringhoff RD corn head, 12x22” 1996 JD 893 corn head, 8x30” 1984 JD 853A all crop head, 8x30” 1982 JD 853A all crop head, 8x30” AIR DRILLS & DRILLS 2011 Amity SD60 air drill, 60’ 2009 JD 1830 air seeder, 60’ 2007 Horsch Anderson 60-15 air seeder, dual airstream 2005 JD 1890 no-till air drill, 42-1/2’ JD 777 tow-behind cart, fill auger Concord 1502 air cart, 150 bu.

JD 9350 press drills, (3) 8’s JD 9350 press drills, 24’, 6” spacing JD LLA press drill, 14’, fertilizer PLANTERS 2014 JD DB44 planter, 24x22” 2006 Monosem NG Plus3, 24x22” JD 7300 vacuum planter, 24x22” JD 7300 vacuum planter JD 1710 planter, 16x22”, 3 pt.

JD 71 flex planter, 6x22”, 3 pt.

JD 71 flex planter, (5) units IHC 400 Cyclo planter, 8x30” IHC 400 Cyclo planter, 8x30” FIELD CULTIVATORS 2014 Case-IH 200 field cultivator, 60’ Case-IH 4700 field cultivator, 54-1/2’ Case-IH 4900 field cultivator, 44-1/2’ JD 985 field cultivator, 49-1/2’ wide JD 980 field cultivator, 5 section

JD 960 field cultivator, 44-1/2’ 1982 Wil-Rich field cultivator, 38’ Kongskilde Triple K field cultivator, 25’ JD field cultivator, 18’, 3pt.

OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT Degelman 7645 land roller, 45’ 2011 JD 3710 auto reset plow, 10x18” JD 3100 plow, 6x16” Case-IH DMI crumbler, 50’ Melroe 504, 60’, 5-bar harrow Summers Super Coulter Plus, 30’ 1988 PowerMatic harrow packer, 70’ Bush Hog 1450 disc, 32’ JD disc, 24’ manual folding wing 1986 Summers Superweeder, 70’ Melroe multiweeder, 40’ Herman multiweeder, 55’, 3 rank ROW CROP EQUIPMENT Alloway 2130 row crop cultivator, 12x30” Alloway row crop cultivator, 12x30” JD 855 row crop cultivator, 8x30” Harriston 2010 cultivator, 6x38” Lilliston potato cultivator, 6x38” Yetter rotary hoe, 30’, 3 pt.

Case-IH 181 rotary hoe, 30’, 3 pt.

Jones band sprayer, 8 row, 300 gal.

SEMI TRACTORS 2004 Kenworth W900, 60” Aerocab 2003 Freightliner Columbia 120 2000 Peterbilt 379, sleeper 1994 Freightliner FLD120 integrated sleeper, 3406 Cat 1998 Kenworth T800 Aerocab 1996 Peterbilt 379, sleeper 1990 Kenworth T600, day cab 1984 Peterbilt 362, cabover BOX TRUCKS 1979 Ford 800, tandem axle, 1977 Ford 9000 twin screw tandem 1974 Chevrolet C65 1971 Chevrolet C50, tag tandem 1976 Chevrolet C60, single axle 1974 Ford F600, single axle 1973 Ford F600, single axle OTHER TRUCKS 1995 Ford Aeromax 9000 1989 IHC S1900 single axle service truck, flatbed, 150 gal.

1984 IHC 1900 single axle service truck 2005 Freightliner M2, van body HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS 2013 Timpte hopper bottom, 42’ 1995 Merritt hopper bottom, 43’x102”x80”, air ride 1992 Fabtec tandem axle steel hopper bottom, 32’, spring susp.

1992 Fabtec single axle steel hopper bottom, 24’, spring susp.

LIVE BOTTOM TRAILERS Esscot live bottom trailer, 40’ Johnson live bottom trailer, 40’ 1996 Midland MG40 clam tri-axle belly dump, spring ride B&L 24’ live bottom strong box on a Hobbs trailer, 30” belt BEAN EQUIPMENT 2004 Pickett C8030 8x30” UFT bean knifer, 8 row Rod weeder, 8 row, 3 pt.

POTATO EQUIPMENT Lockwood pick-type potato planter McConell 490 potato harvester, (2) Artsway 438A potato harvester Lockwood 2 row windrower Mayo planter filler/conveyor, 18” belt Mayo seed conveyor, 18” belt Spudnik 550 telescoping bin piler Troyer Mfg. telescoping conveyor Betterbuilt potato cutter, 30” Harriston 200 clod hopper Harriston 12 row potato weeder HEAVY EQUIPMENT 1999 Komatsu 200LC6 excavator WB ditching bucket for excavator, 48” 1992 JD 770B-H motor grader 1991 Komatsu WA450 wheel loader Redline Systems Cat III quick hitch mover, for wheel loader IHC TD9 crawler dozer Terex TS14 7UOT scraper, cab 1968 Caterpillar 621 motor scraper PICKUPS SPRAYER & FLATBED TRAILERS COMBINE & HEADER TRAILERS OTHER TRAILERS FLOATER & SPRAYERS FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT SADDLE TANKS NH3 EQUIPMENT FORKLIFT & ATTACHMENTS SKID STEER LOADERS & ATTACHMENTS HAY, FORAGE & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT GRAIN & COMMODITY HANDLING EQUIPMENT OTHER EQUIPMENT & FARM SUPPORT ITEMS MOWERS, LAWN & GARDEN FAIRWAY & FINISHING MOWERS SNOWBLOWERS RADIOS SHOP EQUIPMENT & TOOLS BOAT & CAR TANKS & TIRES PARTS & MISC. ITEMS

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equip auction for Glenn Swenson (306)861-4395 Wed., Apr. 13th, 2016 10:00 am 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.

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Website: www.postframebuilding.com TENDERS WANTED: THE INGLIS Area Heritage Committee is looking for tenders for painting the Paterson elevator which is one of the elevators at the historical site located in Inglis, MB. The successful tender must follow the requirements for the Heritage Canada Grant (acquired previously), these requirements can be obtained by contacting Darlene Jackson as below. The tender price shall: include costs including, but no limited to, inspecting the elevator & repairing as necessary. Purchasing supplies, supplying equipment suitable for safely doing the task. Successful tenders would need to provide a clearance letter from WCB of MB & comply w/all MB Workplace Safety & Health rules & regulations. Liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 is also required. All work must be completed by Sept. 30th, 2016. If you are interest please forward the tender to IAHC Box 81 Inglis, MB R0J 0X0 by Apr. 30th, 2016, if you have any questions please contact Darlene Jackson at (204)564-2340 or email darjack@inetlink.ca

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6 QUICK ATTACH EXCAVATOR buckets, some trenching & clean-up buckets, plus 6 excavator rippers, some Cat’s & WBM’s. (204)871-0925, MacGregor MB. BRAND NEW RWD HYD thumb, for 200 size excavator, $7,500. Call Claude (204)250-2523 Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!

CROP INPUTS AN ORGANIC CALCIUM SOURCE: Calcium (Lime for field crops). DRAMM fish fertilizer. OPAM approved. Contact Harvey Dann:1-800-665-2494 or Cell:(701)213-8246. Or Email: harvey@alertagri.ca

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8 Ton Large Selection Val-Mar Applicators 16-20, 16-55, 24-20, 32-55; 18-ft. Drill Fill w/brush auger.

(204)857-8403 www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers CLASSIC SEED TREATER Straps to your auger. No pump or wiring required. Large 35L tank w/6-in. cap makes it easy to mix inoculants & treat pulses.

(888)545-1228 www.lockhart-industries.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

Cudmore Bros.

Farm King Augers Meridian Augers Meridian Hopper Bins Honda & Kohler Engines Watermaster Floating Pumps Poly Tanks & Transfer Pumps

204-873-2395 CRYSTAL CITY, MB

www.cudmorebros.com

www.fyfeparts.com 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

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 7200 INTERNATIONAL PRESS HOE drill. 14-ft $1,000 OBO. Also for parts, NH 1400 combine.

Call:(204)837-1553.

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.

FOR SALE: 37-FT LAURIER land packer; 36-ft IHC #45 cultivator w/harrows; Case 414 plow. All machinery in good shape. Phone:(204)745-2784.

GEHL 500-BU. TMR CART, $10,000; Knight 250 CF TMR Cart, $5,000; Artsway Mixmill, $1,500; Hewke 30-in. Rollermill, $3,500; JD 780 Manure Spreader, $10,000; JD 7000 Planter 8R30, $7,000; Phoenix Rotary Harrows 30, 40 & 50-ft. Brandt 4000 Grain Vac, $8,000; 4500, $8,500; New 10-ft.

Box Scraper Landleveller, $2,450; Used Fertilizer Spreaders 4-8 Ton 10-Ton Tender, $5,000; REM 1026 Grain Vac, $4,500; JD 535 Baler, $5,000; JD 510, $1,500; JD 336 Square Baler, $3,000.

(204)857-8403

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous ROWCROP CULTIVATORS 4-8R LILLISTON Cultivators 6-12R Discs Wishek 16-ft., $23,000; 30-ft., $33,000; Breaking Discs Kewanee 150ft., $25,000; Tonner 18-ft., $30,000; Vers 36-ft., $20,000; Bushog 25-ft., $7,500; IHC 14-ft. 770, $6,500; JD 1630, $3,500; DMI Disk Ripper 5 Shank, $8,900; 7 Shank, $10,900; JD 3970 Harvester, $6,000; IH 781, $2,000; 12-ft. Dump Wagon, $3,000; Vermeer 23 Hyd Rakes, $9,500 & Up; Hay Conditioners, $800 & Up; JD 9-ft. Sickle Mower, $2,000.

(204)857-8403.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: LARGE OLD BENCH vice; anvil; CT50 or 70 Honda trail bike, complete or parts; 57 & 58 Pontiac, complete or parts. (204)685-2970, Mcgregor.

Combines COMBINES John Deere 2 JD 9600 COMBINES always shedded, both have 3,500 sep hrs, years ‘90 & ‘92, w/PU heads & chaff spreaders, $31,000 OBO each. Also avail 2, 930 straight heads. Call (204)773-0111.

COMBINES Accessories 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

FOR SALE: 1985 IHC 7200 hoe press drill ,always shedded, very clean. For more info phone evenings (204)859-2724

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

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.

TRACTORS John Deere 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

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson 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 MF 180 3-PTH row crop, good tires, new clutch, $6,500. Phone (204)685-2124 or (204)871-2708

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

FENCING S&D Custom AG Services

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

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®

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

GRUNTHAL, MB.

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am April 12th, 19th & 26th

Monday, April 11th at 12:00pm

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

Saturday, April 16th at 10:00am

Bred Cow Sale

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

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

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. 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) 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 HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red & Black Angus yearling bulls & 2-yr olds. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics, Free Delivery. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

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

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.

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.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

TRACTORS Allis/Deutz

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

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LIVESTOCK

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various

TracTors

BRAND NEW 60-IN. ROTARY ditcher w/deflector, requires 180-HP, large PTO & 3-PTH. Will deliver & demonstrate to interested buyer, $24,500. Call Claude (204)250-2523.

FYFE PARTS

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.

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.

FARM MACHINERY Irrigation Equipment

“For All Your Farm Parts”

2004 D-6-N LGP CRAWLER, 6-way dozer, A/C, cab, diff-steering, Allied W6D winch, $86,000; 2006 Hitachi ZX 270-LC Hyd excavator w/quick attach bucket w/hyd thumb 11-ft stick, axillary hyd, 6,382-hrs, $65,000 USD. 2010 CAT 324 excavator w/hyd thumb, $95,000 Canadian.

Phone: (204)871-0925.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

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

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

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators

IRON & STEEL

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.

FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available. Genetics w/maternal & calving ease traits. (204)564-2540 or (204)773-6800 www.nerbasbrosangus.com 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. OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale: Yearling & 2-yr old bulls. For more info call (204)375-6658, cell (204)383-0703.

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

YEARLING & 2-YR OLD Black Angus bulls. Holloway Angus, Gerry Williams, Souris. Phone: (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

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

FOR SALE: 10-12 SIMM cows/heifers, Bred Simm/Angus to calve July/Aug. Call (204)585-5370, Sandy Lake, MB.

FOR SALE: RED ANGUS Simm X Herdsire Bull, $3,250.(204)749-2033 Rathwell, MB.

Various Cattle 8 - Simmental/Red Angus first calf heifers w/calves. Just over 2 years. Very quiet. $3,000 per pair. Phone (204)642-2669 Arborg, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine 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 Cattle – Charolais 2 PB CHAR 2 yr old bulls for sale, good dispositions, $4,000 each. Phone (204)843-2917, Amaranth.

2-YEAR OLD & YEARLING bulls sired by Silver Bullet & Specialist. For calving ease & yearling growth, Polled & semen tested. Martens Charolais & Seed (204)534-8370.

CHAROLAIS BULLS 1& 2 yr olds. Vaccinated and tested. Steppler and HTA genetics. Call or text (204)381-1240.

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Dexter 8 MONTH OLD BLACK Dexter Bull, $850. Phone (204)385-3621.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Gelbvieh SELINE’S GELBVIEH HAS POLLED yearling & 2-yr old bulls. Contact Wayne:(306)793-4568.

Stockholm, SK.

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 – Simmental 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 45 RED, BLACK & Red Angus Cows & some Char.

Calving Apr, May & includes some pairs. Will consider calving & feeding to May 30th, 2016. For more details please call evenings (204)436-2060 or cell (204)750-4300, if no answer please leave msg.

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.

• Good standability and harvestability • Competitive disease package: R to leaf rust; MR to stripe rust; I to stem rust and FHB

fpgenetics.ca

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400

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.

PUREBRED CHAROLAIS YEARLINGS & three 2-yr old bulls for sale by private treaty, White & Red factor. Phone Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca

• Highest protein in CWIW class

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

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.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Service & repair on all makes/models. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

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.

ORGANIC ORGANIC Organic – Certified

NOTRE DAME ASSOCIATION USED OILOF ORGANIC PRODUCERS MANITOBA CO-OPERATIVE (OPAM). Non-profit & FILTER DEPOT members owned organic certification body. Certifying producers, & Batteries brokers in Western • Buy Used Oil processors • Buy Canada since 1988, Miniota, MB. Contact: • Collect Used Filters • Collect Oil Containers (204)567-3745, info@opam-mb.com Southern and Western Manitoba

WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist Pro-Cert for information on orTel:at204-248-2110 ganic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification & marketing. Call:(306)382-1299, Saskatoon, SK or at info@pro-cert.org

ORGANIC Organic – Grains

Available at

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

SASKATCHEWAN

MANITOBA

Redvers Ag. Redvers, SK 306-452-3443

Rutherford Farms Ltd. Grosse Isle, MB 204-467-5613

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

Frederick Seeds Watson, SK 306-287-3977

Pitura Seed Service Ltd. Domain, MB 204-736-2849

Manness Seed Domain, MB 204-736-2622

Sundwall Seed Service Govan, SK 306-484-2010 McCarthy Seed Farm Ltd. Corning, SK 306-224-4848

FOR SALE: STE.ROSE Ranch(Ste.Amelie). 14quarters(2,234.85-acs) of fenced land in one block.

240-ac of Class 3 land under cultivation. 2-mi to paved hi-way. Contact Golden Plains Realty Ph:(204)745-3677.

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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Swan Valley Seeds Ltd. Swan River, MB 204-734-2526 Boissevain Select Seeds Ltd. Boissevain, MB 204-534-6846

CERTIFIED SEED Cereal Seeds

560-AC OF LAND FOR sale. 400-ac open, 160-ac bush. Fenced & cross-fenced, new four wire fence.

Good loading corrals, already sub-divided into 80-acre lots. Phone:(204)857-2561. Located S of Portage la Prairie, MB. FOR DEVELOPMENT: 14 LOTS for sale, all in one place, close to mall, churches & halls. Contact:(204)638-6661 or (204)638-8415.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Acreages/Hobby 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 Farm N of Brandon, MB. 121.68-ac: 13-kms from Brandon off Prov. Highway 10. 30-yr old house, 2,040 -sqft. Country/Western style, excellent condition, geo heat. Very modern. Good source of H2O: Mature shelterbelt. Very suitable for horses. $720,000.

Phone: (204)728-1480 Email: grocky71@gmail.com

Sierens Seed Service Somerset, MB 204-744-2883 Chatham Seeds Ltd. Killarney, MB 204-523-8112

CERTIFIED SEED Cereal Seeds

DE DELL SEEDS INC. Non GMO hybrid corn. High yield at a lower cost. Free Delivery. Manitoba Dealer, Gerald (204)268-5224.

FOR SALE: CERTIFIED AUSTENSON Barley, Certified Brandon Wheat, Certified Carberry wheat.

Dudgeon Seeds, Darlingford MB (204)246-2357.

JAMES FARMS LTD Brandon, Cardale & Faller wheat, Summit, Souris & Haymaker forage oats, Mcleod RR2 soybeans, Tradition barley, forage seeds, various canola & sunflower seed varieties.

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LocaL business goes gLobaL anyone who has driven on a rural road or worked in remote areas where oil, mining, forestry or other development is occurring knows dealing with dust and unstable soils can be annoying costly task.

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Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental Ltd., run by 34-year-old entrepreneur Todd Burns, has perfected an eco-friendly way to virtually eliminate that dust and to stabilize soils in areas like mine sites, where heavy truck traffic is a constant — and expensive — irritant.

And, by the way, it has also developed a technology that utilizes bacteria and enzymes for wastewater remediation, potentially a multi-million-dollar market.

Cypher’s business motto; “Driven by Innovation — Partners in Performance,” captures the fast-growing company’s raison d’etre.

But, as is the case with most successful companies, it took leadership to bring that motto and vision to reality.

Burns, who has travelled to more than 40 countries to promote and market Cypher’s suite of environmentally-friendly technologies, was a 2001 graduate of Winnipeg’s Red River College when he saw the potential of a technology his late father had discovered. He had also later studied environmental science at the University of Manitoba.

“The (dust-suppression) technology business operated out of my Dad’s basement,” he said.

“We used to have the product made in China and were practicing absentee management. I brought the control of the manufacture of the product to Winnipeg, which allowed us to focus on our products.”

And the rest, as they say, is history.

While the firm only has a handful of direct employees now in Winnipeg, most are engineers and technologists who are dedicated to product enhancement and development, its tentacles reach out much more than that. With dozens of distributors worldwide and with a reliance on its own manufacturing capabilities, Burns says the company’s footprint is much larger.

“Indirectly we employ hundreds of people around the world,” said Burns.

And, as sales of its products climbs into the millions of dollars annually, it continues to expand its Winnipeg head office staff, with plans to hire more engineering technicians and another business development manager this year.

Burns says it was all about taking good ideas and hiring technical staff, such as engineers and scientists, who could generate the data to illustrate to customers just how beneficial its technologies are.

From that nucleus the company has expanded its expertise in the areas of dust-suppression, road-stabilization and water-treatment products, all multi-million-dollar markets worldwide. All of its products are 100 per cent environmentallyfriendly and are organic, biodegradable and non-toxic.

One of its initial core products, Dust Stop, is benefitting from a $65,000 federal Applied Research and Development grant, aimed at enhancing its already impressive value proposition.

Its other products, EarthZyme and UltraZyme

have also benefitted from large investments in research and development Dust Stop, one of the firm’s legacy products, can bring with it not only significant environmental benefits but major cost savings, which is a characteristic of all of Cypher’s products.

Burns has little problem describing the benefits of the product.

“On a mining site, for example, you see five large water trucks, having to constantly spray water on access roads throughout the day,” he said, adding that this often involves the spraying of millions of litres of water daily. “You can imagine the GHGs (greenhouse gases) being generated by those trucks, as well as the amount of fuel the trucks burn. But Dust Stop only needs to be reapplied every six months to a year. The cost savings are huge because you’re not having to do that amount of regular road maintenance.”

In addition, GHG emissions and other environmental benefits are significant. This is even more the case because, in addition to using large volumes of water to control dust, road crews, especially on mining sites, often use calcium chloride and magnesium chloride to prevent dust, both of which are highly caustic and corrosive.

There’s an obvious time savings as well, with traffic to the site not being disrupted so often.

“Rain is often a problem with unpaved roads (with conventional watering techniques),” he said. “With our product, that is not a problem.”

Dust Stop, which is in use worldwide, is a proven product, with municipal governments, miners and other resource producers and others having made it one of the firm’s most widely used solutions.

EarthZyme, another of the firm’s widely used products, is ideal for the clay-based soils that are common in Canada and worldwide. It’s a nontoxic, enzyme-based soil stabilizer, used extensively in remote locations like mining sites.

With just one application, EarthZyme can help significantly reduce road maintenance costs by increasing the road’s compaction and strength.

It’s ideal for areas with extreme climates.

“It’s all about cost savings and reducing the environmental impact of your operations,” said Burns. “Now mine and other operators have to haul out the clay and bring in aggregates to stabilize their roads. Imagine the fuel being burned and the GHGs generated. With EarthZyme we give you the in situ ability to deal with that problem.”

In many cases, EarthZyme and Dust Stop are both used on a worksite.

Cypher customer Syncrude Canada Ltd. applied EarthZyme on mine haul roads at its oilsands plant site in northern Alberta. A follow-up study found that rolling resistance, a common problem on roads used by large haul trucks, was reduced dramatically and fuel costs were reduced by as much as 90 per cent.

Engineers on his staff continue to work on enhancements of the products. ”We’re constantly working to develop new tech-

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nologies and to develop new applications for the products we have,” said Burns.

Cypher’s newest product, UltraZyme, has it entering a new and mammoth market worldwide.

UltraZyme is a cost-effective, environmentallyfriendly product used for effluent treatment.

“UltraZyme is based on a mixture of bacteria and enzymes to treat wastewater,” he said. “We have used the product at a banana plantation for a customer in Costa Rica and they were able to recycle 80 per cent of the water they were using (to clean the fruit), which led to significant cost savings.”

In lagoons or wastewater treatment plants UltraZyme works by speeding up the digestion of organics.

It has been tested with soil-based oil spills as well.

“It eats up the oil,” he said.

Burns said the company is working now with researchers at Alberta’s University of Alberta to test its effectiveness in remediating oilsands tailings, which presents a huge environmental challenge for oilsands miners.

Cypher is also advancing its work using UltraZyme on high nitrogen-content water.

“We’re targeting high algae-content water,” he said. “We see that application as ideal for zoos, small lagoons and commercial fish farms.”

Because of the drop in commodity prices, sales of Dust Stop and EarthZyme to the mining and oil industry were lagging for a time, but he said the company emphasized the cost-savings that could be realized by use of the products, which has resonated with those involved in those industries.

Meanwhile, it continues to develop other products and applications, such as the use of EarthZyme in other applications in the municipal sector, where it sees a large opportunity.

While the young executive continues to spend more time in airplanes than he would like to, considering he has a young family, he credits World Trade Centre Winnipeg and, in particular, the Centrallia event, which attracts entrepreneurs and trade officials from over 30 countries to the city, with helping his firm market internationally.

“We are really excited about Centrallia because we do so many international sales,” he said. “It has been a big help to us.”

His firm, which has participated in past Centrallia events, will be an enthusiastic participant this upcoming May 25-27, when Centrallia is held at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg.

Billed as the equivalent of a “speed-dating opportunity” for small and mid-sized businesses, he said it gives his company the opportunity to meet oneon-one with businesspeople from throughout the world. In the past, the event, which is held every two years, has produced leads that later led to sales opportunities for Cypher, he said.

This year, in recognition of the young executive’s expertise in tapping international markets, he will be a member of the panel discussing opportunities in the Americas.

Centrallia gives Manitoba-based businesses, as well as other Canadian companies, a grasp of the opportunities that lie outside of their provinces and Canada, something Cypher has certainly realized.

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Zimbabwe drought opens can of worms for poultry farmers With feed in short supply, feeding maggots produced from waste looks to be a winner for drought-stricken nation

BY JEFFRY GOGO THOMPSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Harare

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ovemore Kuwana cheerily lifts the lid of a container full of fresh maggots in his backyard, which he will feed to the poultry he keeps once the worms are dried.

A m i d Z i m b a b w e ’s w o r s t drought in 25 years, which has killed more than 19,000 cattle in the last few months and left 2.8 million people facing hunger, some farmers are looking to new food sources to keep their animals, birds and fish alive.

As prices for maize and soybased feed soar due to shortages, Kuwana is producing maggots — small, white crawling worms that feed on waste — to provide protein for his breeding flock of 120 freerange chickens and 1,000 quail.

“I have struggled to find nutritious feed for quite some time now,” said the 40-year-old entrepreneur, unfazed by the stink of decomposing waste filling the air and the flies swarming around.

In search of a solution, he began experimenting with maggots last September. “The results have been exceptional,” he said.

This business is not for the faint hearted. For Kuwana, it involves stuffing pungent bird feces into an old, open 20-litre plastic container, and allowing flies to lay their eggs there.

Ideally, the maggot-breeding equipment consists of two containers stacked on top of each other, with holes drilled in their lids and the base of the top one.

As the eggs start to hatch, the emerging lar vae — the maggots — feed on the waste before crawling out to pupate in the bottom container where they are harvested and dried for feed.

The entire process takes less than a week, experts say. “ T h e b i rd s c a n’t re s i s t t h e w o r m s,” Ku w a n a s a i d , d r i l l ing through quail droppings to release an avalanche of maggots and tiny “fresh flies.”

“My birds now look healthier than before.”

Each container can house thousands of maggots, he says.

But he is unsure of the number he harvests each month and the savings achieved.

Value from nothing Maggots consist of 65 per cent protein and 25 per cent fat, compared with 35 per cent protein in soy-based feed, according to Victor Marufu of the Zimbabwe O rg a n i c a n d Na t u ra l Fo o d Association.

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“The birds can’t resist the worms.

My birds now look healthier than before.”

Lovemore Kuwana

The independent organization trains small farmers in maggot production.

“The value produced from nothing competes with supply chains that are under heavy sustainability stress,” Marufu said.

One kilo of fly eggs turns into around 190 kg of dried larvae in just three days, he added.

Fo r s o m e, m a g g o t p ro d u c tion may be the stuff of nightmares, but others are hailing it as a dream come true for controlling waste and climate-changing emissions. They say it could be rolled out across Zimbabwe.

“Maggots can be farmed at waste water treatment plants where pr imar y sludge a t t ra c t s a l o t o f h o u s e f l i e s,” said Happymore Mbiza, an urban water systems specialist

with the Chinhoyi University of Technology.

A reduction in biodegradable waste feeding microbes at water treatment plants and landfill sites cuts production of methane gas and sulphur oxides, he said.

Climate friendly The industrial process of producing maggot-based stock feed — using a series of tanks in a purpose-built structure — generates five times less greenhouse gas emissions than soy or maize stock feed, according to Chinhoyi University research.

For every tonne of stock feed made from maggots, around two tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent is emitted, compared with around 10 tonnes for soy-based feed.

Experts say maggot production could help cut Zimbabwe’s annual emissions of 417 gigatonnes of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In 2000, the waste sector accounted for 16 per cent of national methane emissions, government data shows.

Zim Earthworm Farms, a farming technology enterprise, is now looking to go commercial with maggot production after a year of trials.

“We have been producing a sizable amount of maggots that are killed in the biogas digester, dried and then mixed with the maizebased feed we produce,” chief executive Ephraim Whingwiri said.

The mixed feed, which can also be fed to pigs and fish, sustains about 300 chickens at Zim E a r t h w o r m Fa r m s , b u t n ow Whingwiri is eyeing expansion.

His team has worked out that having a constant supply of fresh waste is key to maintaining a high population of flies — just one factor that will support their new business drive.

“The work tends to put many people off,” said Whingwiri. “But the worm itself doesn’t smell bad at all.”

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The Tuesday night calf scramble at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair garnered plenty of participants. The kids were vying for $200 in prize money for catching a calf, or $100 for participating in the action-packed but lighthearted event. photo: Joan Airey

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STAFF / Duck and other poultry from Canada may again be exported to Mexico, for the first time since 2004.

Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland on March 24 announced Mexico had reopened its border to fresh poultry meat including chicken, turkey and, “most significant in terms of historical trade,” duck.

Mexico had closed its ports to the Canadian products in 2004 following Canada’s first outbreak of a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H7N3 avian influenza on commercial poultry farms in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.

The resumption of imports is still subject to “limited” avian flu-related restrictions, the Canadian government said Thursday, adding it’s working with Mexican authorities to remove those restrictions.

Benoit Cuchet, chair of the Quebec Duck and Geese Breeders Association, said in the government’s release that the agreement with Mexico “will help to progressively regain the position lost in this rapidly growing market, with a potential for annual sales of more than $3 million.”

The government noted the restored market access follows a February visit to Ottawa by Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture Jose Calzada.

Calzada and MacAulay, after that meeting, said they “expressed their commitment to work together to increase the competitiveness of their agricultural sectors and resolve bilateral issues.”

MacAulay, the government said, also brought up the topic of Mexico’s restrictions on imports of Canadian beef from cattle over 30 months of age.

Dairy drug gets joint OK STAFF / A new mastitis-fighting dairy drug has gained simultaneous approval in Canada and the U.S. Regulators on both sides of the border have given Imrestor the OK under the Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC), a body designed to reduce red tape and regulatory gridlock between the two nations.

Clinical mastitis is a serious infectious disease for dairy producers, affecting approximately 15 per cent of their animals. It’s most common at calving, when dairy cows have weakened immune systems, leading to more infections.

Imrestor restores immune response and reduces the incidence of clinical mastitis, reducing reliance on other drugs, including antimicrobials, used to treat mastitis infections.

This is the fourth drug to be approved under the RCC, but it is the first to be approved for use in foodproducing animals.

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Arden festival’s crocus photo contest returns for 2016 Capturing a stunning portrait of a Prairie crocus could earn you a few dollars in prize money STAFF

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t’s time to grab your camera and head to the old crocus patch.

Manitoba’s provincial flower is about to have its moment in the sun and if you capture them in all their glory, you may wind up sharing in $500 in prize money, to be awarded at the Arden Crocus Festival on May 7.

There are four categories: • A single crocus flower; • Portraits of crocus clusters (three or more flowers); • Portraits of crocus in its natural prairie habitat; and • Creative crocus portraits that don’t fit the other classes.

There are separate youth and adult competitions, and 16 prizes in total.

To enter you can email electronic files to crocusphotocontest@gmail.com, and prints can be dropped off at the RM of Glenella-Lansdowne office in Arden or at Photo Central in Winnipeg. They can be mailed to: Crocus Photo Contest, P.O. Box 141, Arden, Man. R0J 0B0. There is no cost to enter.

Photos must be taken any time in April and at any location in Manitoba.

Entries will be printed by Winnipeg Photo Central, a contest sponsor, and will be judged by a jury and displayed at the Arden Crocus Festival. There the attendees will get to vote for their favourite adult and youth entry, for the People’s Choice award. Those two photos will be reprinted in the Manitoba Co-operator, which sponsors the award, as well as earning a cash prize.

Crocus festival visitors can take in a pancake breakfast and other family-oriented activities. It ends with a self-serve supper and local entertainment. Photo contest winners are announced after supper.

Normal full-bloom stage is about a week on either side of April 15, and the first buds are expected very soon.

Photographers focus on open, full blooms. If you can find them, crocus buds also can make a captivating photo.

Prairie crocus can be found at many scattered, unmarked patches in Manitoba. The fragile, mauve-coloured This photo by Terry Roberts of Brandon was winner of the Adult People’s Choice award and Crocus wildflower prefers sandy, sunny and Cluster in Arden Crocus Festival photo contest in 2015. undisturbed native grassland.

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Art down on the farm Colleen Granger says inspiration for her art exhibit comes from her experience on the family farm

Colleen Granger presented her bachelor of fine arts thesis exhibition at the Glen Sutherland Art Gallery at the Brandon University on March 17 to 25. Photos: JENNIFER PAIGE

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

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ou know a place has become very special to you when you find yourself making art about it.

That’s the position Colleen Granger, who lives on a farm south of Brandon with her husband and two teenage daughters, finds herself in.

Over the past eight years, she’s been pursuing a degree in fine arts from Brandon University, and her final thesis exhibit was inspired by her time on the family farm.

“I had to come up with a concept so I went to the old adage of novice writers, write what you know, and what I know is my home, the farm,” Granger said.

How that farm came to be home is a story in itself, for a city girl who was born in Portage la Prairie and raised in Brandon.

She moved to the farm in the early 1990s with her husband with no prior connection to the farm. But in the ensuing years she’s sunk deep roots into this Prairie soil, and now its become home, just like the farm is home to any born and raised farm kid.

“When you think of places that are really dear to our heart, you usually think of places that are from our formative years. And, I do have that attachment but it is not the same as the farm,” said Granger. “If we picked up and moved across the globe, the farm would still be my home.”

On display The exhibition, titled Horizon:Rhizome, was a culmination of her degree and was recently displayed at Brandon University’s Glen Sutherland Art Gallery.

The display incorporates mixed media that blend familiar materials — barn board,

Colleen Granger’s bachelor of fine arts thesis exhibition includes a number of mixed media art pieces inspired by her life on a southern Manitoba farm.

“Through various art forms this show navigates my unique vantage point of being a woman, wife and artist on the farm.”

Colleen Granger

old cultivator shovels, burlap material — with classic art techniques like painting, which is her primary medium, and folk art techniques like rug hooking and nail-and-string portraits.

“It explores the process of connection, guided by my own experiences on our family farm and formation of my own sense of place on the land,” she said.

“It is a relationship that has shaped my identity over time and allowed the landscape to move from existing outside to within me.”

In the initial stages of the p ro j e c t , n o t e n t i re l y s u re where to start, Granger began

by researching burlap, looking at the colonial history from Europe and the connection to Indian jute twine.

“They would take the jute twine and turn it into burlap bags,” Granger said. “Settlers would bring over burlap bags of, say feed, and when the feed bags were empty, the women would open them up and rug hook and that really began my inspiration to bring in rug hooking.”

Granger thought incorporating the wool and rug-hooking technique would be a good way to express a feminine voice in what is often seen to be a maledominated lifestyle.

“Through various art forms this show navigates my unique va n t a g e p o i n t o f b e i n g a woman, wife and artist on the farm,” she said. “Certain handicrafts, like the rug hook, was incorporated to emphasize the important legacy of rural women and our relationship to the land.”

She says it has been interesting to hear others’ opinions as they move through the gallery, with a number of individuals expressing how the pieces “take them home again.”

“With the combine piece, to me there are just rhizome stitching that image back together but a couple of farmers were saying how it reminds them of the chaff and the dust in the air. I thought that was a great analogy as well.”

Granger’s Horizon:Rhizome exhibit will be on display this fall at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Prairie fare Ease up on the salt

By JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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hich shaker gets filled with salt and which gets pepper?” my daughter asked one day. She was examining small ceramic rabbits dressed in pastel-coloured spring attire.

“Fill the one with three holes with salt and the one with two with pepper,” my husband responded.

‘Filling the three-holed shaker with pepper might be better for our health,’ I thought to myself.

The rabbit shakers were the latest ones I added to my salt and pepper shaker collection. I couldn’t resist. Looking at my salt and pepper shakers reminds me of people who gave them to me.

I have a couple of sets of bird salt and pepper shakers from my great-aunt. She had hundreds, if not thousands, of salt and pepper sets in curios and cabinets all over her house. I loved to look at them every time I visited.

I came upon a set of sparrows that were my aunt’s. When I was five or six years old, I kept adding salt and pepper to my food repeatedly during a meal because I wanted to hold these ceramic cream-coloured birds with gold trim. She wrapped them up and sent them home with me.

Some might think it odd that a person in nutrition would collect salt and pepper shakers. We spend quite a bit of time recommending that people consume less sodium.

Most of our sodium intake, however, is not from salt shakers. Only about 10 per cent of the sodium in our diet comes from the salt added at the table. Most of the rest of the sodium (75 per cent) comes from processed dinner mixes, snacks, canned soups and condiments, including ketchup. Some sodium is naturally present in foods, such as meat and milk.

We need some sodium in our diet. Sodium is a mineral naturally found in our bodies and the foods we consume in the form of sodium chloride, or table salt.

Sodium helps regulate our body fluids and blood pressure. However, too much sodium can lead to water retention, which can raise blood pressure in some people.

Most of the salt in our diets doesn’t actually come from the salt shaker. PHOTO: DUBRAVKO SORIĆ/CREATIVE COMMONS

Increased blood pressure can damage the inner lining of your arteries. Through time, the increased pressure can weaken spots in vessels, which could bulge or even rupture. High blood pressure is linked to strokes and kidney failure.

Yes, that is scary stuff. The good news is that blood pressure can be managed through medication, diet and/or lifestyle changes such as increased exercise. You need to know your blood pressure numbers. Check out the “Heart 360” online tool, available at http:// www.heart360.org from the American Heart Association, to manage your heart health.

Does table salt have any positive features?

Yes, iodized salt provides another needed element: iodine. Iodine is a trace mineral needed for the normal functioning of the thyroid gland, which helps regulate metabolism, among other roles. Iodine deficiency can show itself as fatigue, weight gain, and cold hands and feet.

Being iodine deficient during pregnancy may increase the risk for having a child with mental disabilities.

People with an iodine deficiency may have an enlarged thyroid gland or goitre on their neck. Until the widespread addition of iodine to salt, goiters were fairly common in the U.S. The salt used in many processed foods is not

Apple Crisp For Two 1 large Granny Smith apple 1 tsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. brown sugar 2 tbsp. quick oats 1-1/2 tbsp. flour 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1 tbsp. butter Optional toppings (ice cream, whipped topping)

This apple crisp is a tasty dessert that’s sodium free. PHOTO: NDSU

iodized, so be sure to use iodized salt in your food preparation.

Check out the nutrition facts labels on the foods you buy. The American Heart Association recommends that we consume 1,500 milligrams of sodium or less. The recommendation in Canada is similar. Health Canada’s website recommends that people over the age of one year eat between 1,000-1,500 mg sodium per day.

Sometimes reduced-sodium versions of food are available. A product labelled “reduced sodium” has one-fourth less sodium than the original version. A produce labelled “low sodium” has 140 milligrams or less sodium per serving. Cured meat, cheese, canned vegetables, grains, salad dressings and certain seasonings (such as onion salt and taco seasoning mix) often are high in sodium.

If you really enjoy “salty” food, have a smaller portion. You can drain the liquid from canned vegetables and replace the liquid with plain water to reduce the sodium instantly by as much as 40 per cent.

Here’s a tasty dessert that is sodium free. You might be tempted to consume the entire recipe. If you do, be sure to double the nutrition information.

Rinse, peel and thinly slice apple, place in microwave-safe dish (ramekin, bowl, etc.) and toss with lemon juice. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, using a fork to cut in the butter for the crumb topping. Place the crumb topping on the apple slices.

Microwave the mixture for 60 to 90 seconds until apple slices are tender.

Divide in half and serve plain or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.

Makes two servings. Each serving has 185 calories, 7 grams (g) fat, 1.5 g protein, 33 g carbohydrate, 3 g fibre and 0 milligrams sodium.

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National Volunteer Week in April Rural areas especially require a large number of volunteers to keep things happening

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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re y o u o n e o f t h e m a n y Manitobans who volunteer — either with time, money or gifts in kind? The percentage of tax filers in Manitoba who make charitable donations is the highest per capita of all provinces, and has been so for many years.

Many of us belong to a variety of nonprofit organizations. In MacGregor, besides all the volunteer activities carried out by community churches, there are organizations like Lions Club, Kinettes, Communities in Bloom, the volunteer firefighters and the Hospital Aid Auxiliary that regularly hold events to raise money for needed programs. Your town probably has similar organizations.

Some of the money goes to national organizations such as the Alzheimer Society, Heart Fund, or Canadian Diabetes Association, but much money is also raised for local projects. Last year, the MacGregor Lions donated towards our new assisted-living home, funded public skating and rink renovations, and assisted local families with medical problems. The Centennial Park Committee fundraised to fix walking trails, playground equipment and picnicking facilities. The Hospital Auxiliary raised money for our care home and the Kinettes for the emergency fund, while the firefighters fundraised for a new quad-type vehicle for rescue purposes.

In MacGregor, the North Norfolk Community Foundation serves as a moving force to direct money to various town and municipal needs, as well as overseeing several scholarships for the local high school.

But it’s not just money that is needed; it is time and work, and volunteers provide this, too. Some act as coaches or managers for sports like hockey, soccer, basketball, volleyball and skiing. Others

Many communities have a variety of organizations that volunteers are involved with. GAMACHE PHOTOS Senior housing provided through the Lions Club.

provide driving services for people going to medical appointments, or deliver meals-on-wheels. They visit the sick or those in long-term care. Dedicated firefighters are ready when needed.

Volunteers shelve books in the library, keep records at the archives and help out at MCC second-hand stores. They serve on committees, recruit workers, and make plans. In Portage la Prairie and other rural communities, volunteers have helped construct homes for Habitat For Humanity.

Two big projects underway in MacGregor right now are the AssistedCare Living Centre and the Centennial Park Committee, both spearheaded by dedicated volunteers. Other communities, such as Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Altona and Winkler are involved right now with Syrian refugee projects — finding housing, furnishings etc. for them, as well as providing various supports.

Rural areas, particularly, cannot run without a huge volunteer effort. Who spearheads cleaning up the campground and collecting fees? Who plants and weeds flower beds along the main street and at the local care home? Who provides the singing at funerals, or the lunch afterwards? Who sits on the various boards and plans and runs activities for the golf club, teen centre, library, senior centre, community garden, cross-country ski club... The list goes on and on!

Unfortunately it is becoming increasingly difficult to find enough new volunteers. Younger people are often just too busy to take on anything else. In most homes, both parents are working full-time jobs as well as keeping up with all the activities their children are involved in. Such parents often willingly provide money, but time may not be available.

A large number of volunteers is seniors. In our local Hospital Auxiliary, for example, the majority of members is over 65. Some of these suffer “burnout” or simply cannot continue, so it is imperative that we recruit younger members if we hope to carry on.

According to Statistics Canada, approximately 25 per cent of Manitobans claimed donations on their 2013 tax form (the latest information available). But donating money is only one part of charitable giving. Time and energy are a bigger part of what is needed to meet challenges and accomplish goals. If there were statistics for time and energy donated, Manitobans — especially in rural areas — would also rank high.

This year’s National Volunteer Week is April 10 to16. Let’s take this opportunity to recognize, celebrate and thank Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers!

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Time to get those canna tubers out of storage If you want to get the most out of them this summer, they should be started in early April

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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t’s time! If you are going to get the most out of your cannas this growing season, you should be getting them out of storage and planted in damp soilless mix to ensure that they are a good size by planting-out time. If the tubers have been stored in a cool, dark place for the winter (I store mine in cardboard boxes in the heated garage where the temperature is just above freezing) they will be in fine shape.

Canna tubers take quite some time to break dormancy, especially if they have had perfect storage conditions. There will be little sign of new growth — perhaps just a few tips of new shoots emerging from the tops of the tubers.

I take apart the clumps of tubers and plant several in damp soilless mix in plastic-lined cardboard boxes. For the first few weeks a lot of light will not be required, but the boxes should be placed in a warm location. Once the tubers begin to sprout new top growth, bright light will be needed; at this time I usually put the boxes in a cold frame on my back patio that has auxiliary heat for cold nights.

Canna tubers take quite some time to break dormancy, especially if they have had perfect storage conditions.

For years we were restricted to varieties with green leaves and scarlet-red flowers.

Now, however, many cannas have colourful striped leaves and pink, apricot, or dark-red flowers.

Although cannas are wonderful container plants, the containers must be large enough to be in scale with the relatively large plants, as some can grow almost two metres high with large leaves.

Cannas also make great specimen plants in the centre of island beds, or to delineate the entrance to a garden room by using them as gateposts. A single large tuber will produce several stems, but if you want a larger clump, plant several tubers close together to achieve the effect you desire.

A mass planting of canna “Tropicana” provides vivid color. As some blooms fade, others are produced all summer to replace them.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

A bank of cannas makes a great backdrop for other plants in a large mixed border. A solid row of greenleafed cannas would create a monochromatic background that would showcase the plants in front of it,

while a row of bright variegated cannas with yellow-striped and/or burgundystriped foliage would draw the eye to the back of the bed. “Tropicana” has vibrant-red, orange and gold stripes on its leaves, while “Tropicana Gold” has bright-yellow stripes on its green leaves. “Black Knight” has dark burgundy leaves and brilliant-scarlet blooms.

Cannas can be mass planted in a bed to create an impressive focal point in a large landscape, particularly when the bed is located so that it is viewed at a distance from the main living areas.

They can also be planted along a fence or wall to make these mundane features more attractive. Dotting cannas here and there in a large mixed border will create colourful focal points.

Shorter cultivars can be used as edging plants to separate garden rooms (such as a lawn and a vegetable patch), while taller varieties can be used to screen unsightly views. If you want your cannas to put on a great show all season long, get them started soon so that you can incorporate many of these stunning plants in your landscape.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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And the winner is…

Voters chose a denim-like colour as their top choice in paint CONNIE OLIVER Around the House

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e a u t i - To n e , a d i v i sion of Home Hardware St o re s L t d . , re c e n t l y asked Canadians to choose the brand’s 2016 Colour of the Year from a list of four top contenders. The winner is French Charming, a cool blue reminiscent of a well-worn pair of jeans. Canadians chose that comfy fresh denim-like colour as their favourite.

“French Charming is a great choice,” says Bev Bell, creat i ve d i re c t o r, Beauti-Tone Paint and Home Products Di v i s i o n , Ho me Hardware Stores Limited. “It is a perfect balance of blue and grey, making it an incredibly livable colour for any room.” Some of the voters’ responses were, “I can see this colour in any part of my home,” and, “It looks like it will work well with all different colours,” and, “I just love this colour!”

Voters also loved the idea of being asked, not only for their opinion, but to ultimately choose the winner. Voting took place at a national design show in January and online at Home Hardware’s Facebook and Twitter pages during the same period.

“As Canadians, we know what we love,” says Bell. “When we walk into a room and feel i m m e d i a t e l y g ro u n d e d , i t is usually because the colour makes us comfortable and relaxed.

Some of us prefer cool col-

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ours, others warm. The way we perceive colour is rooted deep within us. It’s something we are born with, just like so many of our best qualities.”

You can see in the photo that this colour pairs well with the white window trim. Keep contrast in mind when choosing medium to dark wall colours.

Because French Charming is a blue-grey hue, pulling either

colour out in accents, as was done in the photo is a good choice.

In other rooms, like a living room or den, you could use this wall colour with a dark charcoal or black in furniture and/ or accessories. Items like black floating wall shelves, for example, would work well. If you have black furniture and find it a bit overwhelming visually,

soften it with muted colour furniture throws and toss cushions in a matching or co-ordinating colour to the walls.

French Charming is available exclusively at Home Hardware, Home Building Centre and Ho m e Ha rd w a re Bu i l d i n g Centre locations.

The winner is French Charming, a cool blue reminiscent of a wellworn pair of jeans.

Connie Oliver is an interior designer from Gimli, Manitoba

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 small wooden grain elevator in the village of Underhill, in what is now the Municipality of Grassland, was built in 1908 by the Underhill Farmers’ Elevator Company. One of three elevators operating here by 1917, its ownership was transferred to the provincial government in 1911, then leased and in 1926 purchased outright by United Grain Growers. In 1966, it was sold into private ownership. Graffiti on its side said “Burn Me Please.” It appears someone obliged and the elevator was gone by the mid-1990s. PHOTO: MANITOBA HISTORIC RESOURCES BRANCH (AUGUST 1992)

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