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U.S. pressuring Canada on grain grading Grain companies say current regulations are no impediment

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff/Washington, D.C.

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.S. officials say this country’s grain-grading system is to blame for why American farmers living close to the border can’t take advantage of higher Canadian wheat prices.

But Canadian officials deny claims by U.S. administration and U.S. Wheat Associates that Canada’s quality control system discriminates against imported U.S. wheat.

Manitoba conservation districts are looking at establishing soil health programs to demonstrate how to increase water infiltration. Photo: Jennifer Paige

Conservation districts aim to improve water infiltration

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Cover crops could be the key to building higher organic matter and catching water

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

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he best place to store water is where it falls.

That’s the conclusion of four Manitoba conservation districts that are banding together to launch a new project that will demonstrate how to build organic matter in soil and make it a sink for rainfall and meltwater.

“Our surface water management strategy has been built on small water storage and there are all kinds

of issues with that, beavers, d a m s b l ow i n g o u t , l i m ited sites and the requirement for licences,” said Ryan Canart, district manger of the Upper Assiniboine River Conservation District ( UA RC D ) . “If we m ove d towards establishing practices that store water in our soil, the flooding becomes less of an issue, beavers are not an issue and there is the added benefit of capturing carbon.”

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“We started last year by converting funds from our previous forage program to a soil health program and found three producers to work with,” said Canart.

“Each producer determines the goals they want to work towards, but typically, if you are trying to build soil or

build carbon, you are looking at growing some kind of cover crop with a lot of vegetation and then try to return that vegetation back into the soil.”

Canart says the program will establish a few of these concepts on local farms, under local conditions, in order to demonstrate the practices and broaden knowledge of them.

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Soy is a promising antimicrobial agent

Earls irks beef producers The restaurant chain is using U.S. beef that’s “certified humane”

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New testing shows plant isolates could replace failing chemical agents STAFF

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CROPS Biosecurity dividends Keeping pests out can help improve the operation’s bottom line

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orget chemicals. The best antimicrobial available may be natural soy isolates like isoflavones and peptides.

That’s according to a new study from University of Guelph researchers who looked at using these materials to inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens that cause foodborne illnesses.

Engineering professor, Suresh Neethirajan, d i re c t o r o f t h e u n i ve r s i t y ’s Bi o Na n o Laboratory, says the discovery could benefit the food industry and soy growers.

“Heavy use of chemical antimicrobial agents has caused some strains of bacteria to become very resistant to them,” said Neethirajan, in a media release from the university.

The researchers used high-tech tools and high-throughput screening to run millions of tests in a short period.

They found that soy can be a more effective antimicrobial agent than the current roster of synthetic chemicals.

“Soy peptides and isoflavones are biodegradable, environmentally friendly and nontoxic,” he said. “The demand for new ways to combat microbes is huge, and our study suggests soy-based isoflavones and peptides could be part of the solution.”

Prof. Suresh Neethirajan PHOTO: University of Guelph

Neethirajan and his team found soy peptides and isoflavones limited growth of some bacteria, including listeria and pseudomonas pathogens.

“The really exciting thing about this study is that it shows promise in overcoming the issue of current antibiotics killing bacteria indiscriminately, whether they are pathogenic or beneficial. You need beneficial bacteria in your intestines to be able to properly process food,” he said.

North America has one of the safest food sources in the world, said Neethirajan, but authorities estimate about 48 million people in the U.S. suffer from some sort of foodborne illness every year.

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Taking the ‘beaniness’ out of beans Food processors want the fibre and nutrition of beans, but not the bean flavour

BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

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eter Frohlich calls them “unique” flavours.

“Yes, the beany flavours. I personally enjoy those flavours, but a lot of food companies would prefer to have all the nutrition of pulses minus the flavour attributes,” said the project manager for pulses and specials crops at the Canadian International Grains Institute, better known as Cigi.

He’s just embarked on a year-long project — formally titled The Influence Of Pre-Milling Thermal Treatments Of Field Peas, Dry Edible Beans And Faba Beans On The Flavour And End Product Quality Of Baked Products — to see if it’s possible to minimize the bean taste in pulse flours using heat.

“Our goal is to get more pulses into more processed food, and more people eating pulses,” said Laryssa Grenkow, research technician for the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, which is funding the project. “And that bean taste was one of the main concerns for the processor looking at using pulse flour, really it was their biggest concern.”

Most people still think about pulses as whole beans, she added, noting pulse flour has yet to really catch on as an ingredient with food processors, even if interest is growing rapidly.

“Most consumers are still using pulses in a very traditional manner, soups and that sort of thing... so I think getting pulses into ready-made products, sort of hidden, like using it in bread, it can help increase the consumption of pulses,” said Grenkow.

Frohlich noted that certain international customers, as well as a Canadian food manufacturer, have approached Cigi looking for pulse flours that meet demands for higher nutritional values without detracting from taste. The institute also completed a 40-participant program last week,

Peter Frohlich stands in front of Cigi’s new Ferkar mill, which will be used in a new project researching pulse flours. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

which looked at ways to incorporate pulse flours into processed food products.

“Pulses are a great ingredient to use because they have a lot of nutrition,” Frohlich said. “And in our past work at Cigi, we have seen that certain heat treatments of seeds prior to milling can minimize and deactivate those off flavours or bean taste… so what we want to do is quantify this effect with this project.”

Manitoba-grown fababeans, yellow peas and navy beans are being used in the study, which involves two different types of heat treatments. The first method is infra-red heating, or micronization, which causes water molecules within the seeds to vibrate, resulting in rapid temperature increases.

InfraReady Products in Saskatoon will facilitate this phase of the project, said Frohlich.

The second method being tested is a little more old fashioned.

“We will be roasting them here, but with the kind of equipment you’d find in most commercial kitchens,” he said.

The institute’s new Ferkar mill — purchased with support from the Grain Innovation Hub — will then be used to mill the unhulled pulses.

“These will not be dehulled, because we want to keep that fibre,” Frohlich said. “Right now it’s all about the fibre, processors are really interested in increasing amounts, there is a lot of interest in it.”

While this study is looking at taste and baking characteristics, not nutritional values, Frohlich is confident the heat treatments used won’t diminish the nutritional value of pulse flour.

“I don’t think that the temperatures are high enough to begin to deactivate some of the nutritional properties, roasting is between 100 and 120 C... so in my opinion it’s not high enough to start denaturing proteins or that sort of thing,” he said.

Once milled, the pulse flours will be used to make pan bread, tortillas and pita bread. The pitas and tortillas will contain about 25 per cent pulse flour, while the pan bread will use roughly 15 per cent pulse flour.

“Then we’re going to use sensory panels to access the flavour differences,” said Frohlich, explaining the panel consists of eight to 10 trained individuals who assess for texture, taste and flavour attributes.

“So you’re asking about what it tastes like, but also how it feels, does it stick to your teeth, your tongue, all these really important things,” he said. “But we are still in the first steps.”

The project launched on March 1 and is expected to wrap up in February 2017. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

‘Holland, Man.’ documentary follows a Manitoba family’s transition Winnipeg filmmaker Aaron Zeghers spent two years creating a film about the last two years of his family’s farm at Holland

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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fter touring North America, a Winnipeg filmmaker is bringing the story of the last years of his family’s farm near Holland, Man. back to his hometown.

The documentary film, called “Holland, Man.” will debut in Aaron Zeghers’ hometown May 12.

Zeghers spent two years interviewing his father and other family members while producing the film.

“It’s obviously a very personal story,” he said. “It’s an homage to my father and my family’s heritage.”

Zeghers is the son of Don Zeghers, a now-retired grain farmer. His dad was the last in the family to operate what was once a multi-generational farm, says Aaron.

The younger Zeghers knew from a young age that he wasn’t interested in farming.

“I realized in late high school that while I have immense respect for farming and for my dad and my family, it just wasn’t something that I adapted to naturally,” he said. “I was always dreaming of other things.”

He left to study in Winnipeg, pursued his interest in photography, video and filmmaking and eventually became involved with Winnipeg’s experimental film community through Video Pool and the Winnipeg Film Group.

“Holland, Man.” has been on the road awhile, where Zeghers has shown it in San Francisco,

Los Angeles, New York and in Montreal where one reviewer called it “the most honest and sincere film” of that city’s Festival du nouveau cinéma.

It tells the story of the final two crop years as his dad phases out their family farm, Zeghers said.

He made the film using experimental photography on three 16-mm projectors, one Super 8 projector and one digital projector.

He plays violin and banjo himself to provide live soundtrack and describes the whole effect as “a blend of old traditions and new technologies” — just like the farm.

“It’s a little outside of the box.

But it’s such a universal story, especially for those who have lived the farming lifestyle, I think it will have a great impact on audiences there.”

“Holland, Man.” is being

brought to town via the Tiger Hills Arts Association and will air May 12 at 7 p.m. at the Holland Community Hall.

Other films airing that evening will be “Very Good Dirt,”

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Free enterprise?

W

e all know there is one breed that produces the best beef.

But ask a group of ranchers which breed that is, and you’ll get a whole bunch of different answers. They will also differ on “best” management practices, such as when to calve or what to feed, based on what works best on their ranches.

That’s free enterprise.

Laura Rance However, judging from beef producEditor ers’ swift and merciless reaction to the announcement by Canadian-owned Earls Kitchen and Bar restaurant chain last week, the free enterprise principle does not apply to their customers.

The message from the beef industry is loud and clear: you are morally bound to support us even if we don’t have what you want to buy.

After two years of research, Earls decided to convert its entire restaurant chain of 66 locations (59 in Canada and seven in the U.S.), to using beef that is humanely raised and produced without antibiotics or added hormones.

Its motive? “We would be guided by what Earls wanted to commit to our guests and staff, not by profits, convenience and volume,” said Claudia Vorlaufer, Earls vice-president of procurement, in a release.

However, Earls found — as did fast-food giant A&W did when it developed its antibiotic-free and no added hormone marketing strategy — that the Canadian industry isn’t equipped to deliver product differentiated in that fashion.

“In the end, our staff and guests told us that the welfare of the animals outweighed the country of origin,” said Earl’s spokesperson Cate Simpson in an email.

So it went with Certified Humane, a program run by a U.S. organization called Humane Farm Animal Care.

Its program promises beef raised, transported and processed according to an audited code of practice designed to ensure a high standard of animal welfare. Beef is also raised without the use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics, steroids, or added growth hormones.

Interestingly, even before Earls made this switch, the company had trouble getting Canadian-origin beef for its outlets.“We found even when we were using Alberta Beef that was not Certified Humane, the beef was often substituted for American beef by our Canadian supplier. There was not enough supply for general purchasing, not just us, for many smaller buyers,” she said.

Earls is now buying Certified Humane beef from Kansas — and incurring the wrath of the Canadian beef lobby through social media campaigns urging a boycott of the restaurant.

The irony in all this is that the Canadian cattle industry works tirelessly to ensure that beef and cattle traded throughout North America know no borders. Canadian cattle are routinely shipped to the U.S. and then back to Canada again in boxes.

Secondly, there is nothing stopping Canadian producers from certifying with the U.S. program or developing their own equivalent program. The Certified Humane standards are within the reach of most beef producers.

In fact, the code of practice used by the Certified Humane program bears a striking similarity to the Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle, except that the Canadian code is not audited and it allows the continued use of growth implants and antibiotics in feed.

Contrary to some reports, the Certified Humane program does allow antibiotics, but only to treat animals that are sick. Given the growing global urgency around sustainable antibiotic use, it’s only a matter of time before that’s the norm.

It can be argued that raising cattle using growth promoters is better for the environment because the animals grow faster, producing more meat with fewer resources. But some beef-eaters don’t like them. That’s their choice.

We’re not saying we agree with Earls’ decision. We’re defending the company’s right to make it, just as we would defend producers’ rights to raise their preferred breed of cattle in a way that works best for their business.

Rather than lashing out at this customer’s choice, the Canadian beef industry needs to address why it is either incapable or unwilling to serve these emerging markets for specialty beef. The Earls move is just one more example of a well-documented food industry trend to incorporate a food’s story into the marketing plan. This movement is gaining momentum — despite the industry’s recalcitrance.

The ethical eating story is a much easier sell than the prevailing mantra in agriculture, which is, our way is more efficient and there’s no proof that it’s bad for you.

Competition in the restaurant business is cut-throat. It is far easier to lose money than make it. The successful chains are the ones that cater to their customers’ tastes — even if they’re fanciful.

The beef industry can learn from that. When customers decide to leave your store and shop somewhere else, shaking your fist and shouting “how dare you!” is an unlikely strategy for winning them back. laura@fbcpublishing.com

They never stopped making it

BY ALAN GUEBERT

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orty-five years ago, anyone in agriculture was offered the same advice: “Buy land; they’re not making it anymore.”

But “they” were making it, lots of it.

According to United Nations data, the world’s farmable land base grew by about 240 million acres between 1971 and 1991.

The “not-making-it-anymore” believers, however, plunged ahead and U.S. land prices quintupled during the go-go 1970s, from about $200 an acre (C$254) nationwide in 1971 to nearly $1,000 an acre (C$1,268) a decade later.

Then, with inflation and interest rates heading to the moon and grain prices dropping, the not-making-it-anymore crowd began to not make it. U.S. land prices cracked in 1982, plunging 40 per cent by 1987.

In late 1985, the still-bleeding ag economy pushed a reluctant President Reagan to sign the most expensive Farm Bill ever and a deal to bolster the Farm Credit System.

With the bruises still showing, however, the chatter soon began about how land prices had fallen enough to once again “cash flow” and adding “... besides, they’re not making it anymore.”

But “they” were — still. Between 1991 and 2011, according to the United Nations, “global cropland grew by 78 million acres.”

Smack in the middle of that, in Nov. 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a report on Brazil and Argentina, to “demystify” what it called “sensational media accounts of vast resource potential” of the two.

The report contained hard numbers that were, by any definition, pretty sensational.

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“Brazil contains the world’s largest remaining tract of virgin land — an estimated 1.35 billion acres — with about 335 million acres, “readily convertible to agricultural activity.”

And, USDA added, “... both Argentina and Brazil have huge areas under permanent pasture — an estimated 142.5 million and 185 million hectares, respectively — where “as much as one-fourth... could be converted to grain and oilseed production...”

That’s another 200 million acres.

The market signals — chiefly price, but demand, too — were quickly given and, just as quickly, received. According to USDA, American, Brazilian, and Argentine soybean production, in million metric tons, grew (respectively) from 75.4, 35.0, and 26.0 in 2001 to a forecasted 107, 100, and 59 by 2016.

So, no, “they’re” not “making” any more land but profit-driven farmers here, there and almost everywhere have, for generations, found more acres — often millions more and often in delicate ecosystems — to grow more crops when markets ask.

All this comes to mind as another generation of hot-money sharpies, dazzled by a couple of years of fat returns in crops, gather wheelbarrows of investor money to buy farmland.

The amount of land and the per-acre price they are paying, given today’s substantially lower commodity prices, however, not only look suspiciously high, most appear to be tied to little more than the fact “that they’re not making it anymore.”

But that’s not a fact, is it?

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May 1927

he May 1927 issue of The Scoop Shovel also featured advertisements for tractors and automobiles, but horse-drawn implements were still featured, such as these Cockshutt disc and drag harrows.

The issue featured extensive coverage of addresses to the International Wheat Pool conference in Kansas City, including speeches by the presidents of the three Prairie wheat Pools, Alberta Premier and former UGG director J.E. Brownlee, the U.S. secretary of agriculture and a representative of a Russian grain export firm.

“The Pool Woman” page in that issue featured a photo of Mrs. Ellen Foss of Stonewall, who had shipped the first carload of wheat to Manitoba Pool in September 1924.

On the co-operative livestock-marketing front, cattle supplies were said to be short, with strong prices in recent weeks. “So pronounced is the scarcity of supply that the vanishing of overseas cattle to Britain has made no difference. By the end of May last year 40,000 cattle had been exported to Great Britain. Latest figures this year record only 7,100 shipped, and it is doubtful if it will reach 8,000 by the end of May.” Cattle were instead heading west, and United Livestock Growers was shipping slaughter cattle from Winnipeg to Calgary and the Pacific Coast.

In the U.S., the government had introduced a new grade called “U.S. Prime Steer,” along with an educational program to “teach consumers that good beef is more desirable than poor beef.”

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Building trust from producer to consumer The majority of consumers is reasonable, intelligent people — especially if their questions are answered with transparency, patience and respect

BY BARB GALBRAITH

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eople often link a distrust of the food industry on the lengthening of the food chain, the growing distance between production and consumption. For some, the perception is that when everyone knew personally the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker they had greater confidence in the safety of their food. Yet history shows that even in those days mistrust arose.

In two 18th century pamphlets titled, Poison Detected (Anonymous) and The Nature of Bread Honestly and Dishonestly Made (James Manning, MD), the authors claimed to have evidence that lime, chalk, alum, borax and even ground bones were added to whiten flour. Advocates of the milling and baking industries wrote articles and books denying this. However, where there is money to be made, there is always at least one opportunist whose dishonest actions may have given rise to these allegations.

In fact, historical records as far back as ancient Egypt show some bakers did cheat the public by either selling a “light loaf” or by adding impurities such as ground sand to make the regulated selling weight. These additions would not be as noticeable back when flour was dark and coarse, and small amounts of grit could plausibly enter the milling process while done in open-air settings.

As bread was a primary food source for the masses in many societies, regulations were strict and infractions were not treated lightly. Penalties included nailing the Egyptian baker’s ear to the door of his business. Offenders in Babylon risked having a hand cut off. Today, Canadian bakers face fines, and possible closure for repeated offences, but are allowed to keep their appendages.

Doubts about our current food supply stem less from such clear violation of the rules than they do from false or misleading information. Some businesses use this murkiness to their benefit. It’s not only about who puts what in your chicken and burgers.

You might not consider Vani Hari to be a business, but she and her kind profit through sensational misinformation. She has even branded herself for better recognition. You might be more familiar with her alias: The Food Babe. Her online credits include food activist, author and affiliate marketer.

An affiliate marketer earns a commission by promoting others’ products. As people become more aware of her income streams, the public will realize she is less consumer advocate than clever entrepreneur, and her trust rating will fall.

The conspiracy theorists who slavishly follow bloggers like Hari are never going to be

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Food activists such as Vani Hari, also known as The Food Babe encourage consumers to vote with their dollars. Graphic: foodbabe.com

People want to know where their food comes from and how it is processed. They want a relationship with the suppliers. Only in relationship can trust be gained.

won over. Defending your position to them — or worse yet, attacking them — is time poorly spent. The majority of consumers is reasonable, intelligent people — especially if their questions are answered with transparency, patience and respect. Unlike the usual definition of a lack of quality and/or quantity of food, food insecurity for the average Canadian shopper seems to result from a lack of control in the whole operation.

People want to know where their food comes

Climate change and heat waves In his recent article, “Record heat and carbon dioxide,” Daniel Bezte predicts that a devastating summer heat wave will soon occur across North America as a result of the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere which has risen 120 ppm since the 1880s and currently is at 409 ppm. He thinks that it will take such an event to occur before some people wake up to what is happening in our atmosphere.

His article is timely given that the first recorded devastating heat wave to hit the Prairies occurred 80 years ago in 1936 when CO2 levels were approximately 295 ppm or about 15 ppm above the level of the 1880s.

The year 1936 began with extreme

from and how it is processed. They want a relationship with the suppliers. Only in relationship can trust be gained.

There are several studies outlining how to build trust. Basically, the consumer must believe that the producer: is acting in the consumer’s interest, is honest, has the necessary expertise, has a value system and views that are, if not completely compatible, then at least not in conflict with their own These are the traits producers need. Whether originating from large-scale companies or small, local farmers, most of our crops and livestock will be sold to larger corporations who will convert these to the finished products found in shoppers’ carts and on diners’ plates. It is to everyone’s benefit that all producers, big and small, from start to finish, learn how to build trust and forge mutually beneficial relationships with today’s consumers.

Barb Galbraith is a freelance writer based in Oakville, Man.

cold. January and February averaged about 11.4 C colder than for the period average from 1981 through 2010. February experienced nine days where the minimum dropped to -40 C or lower reaching -45 C Feb. 6. March and April were also colder than normal. Interestingly, the Boissevain Recorder (April 22, 2016) notes that in 1936 “Farmers were busy on the land by mid-April and considerable grain had been sown.” Moreover, “Citizens residing on the flats in Brandon had to vacate their homes on account of the Assiniboine overflowing its banks.”

July brought what Environment Canada calls the deadliest heat wave in Canadian history when “the heat was so intense that steel rail lines and bridge girders twisted, sidewalks buckled, crops wilted and fruit baked on trees.” Brandon’s

average daily maximum temperature for July 1936 was 32.3 C and July 11 reached 43.3 C, a record that still stands 80 years later.

All in all, 1936 was a year of great natural variability with extreme cold, enough warmth for April seeding and spring flooding followed by the deadliest heat wave in Canadian history, followed by a cooler-thanaverage autumn. Despite the deadly heat wave, 1936 was on average one of the 19 coldest years from 1890 through 2015.

Why is it that if Daniel Bezte’s prediction of another devastating heat wave was to come true on the 80th anniversary of the last one that I should wake up and realize this time it’s because of increased CO2 in the atmosphere?

Brian Ransom Woodlands, Man.

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FROM PAGE ONE GRADING Continued from page 1

Canadian officials concede imported U.S. wheat formally receives the lowest grade in the wheat class it’s intended for, but stress there are no regulations or commercial impediments blocking American farmers from selling wheat in Canada, as long as the varieties are registered in Canada.

Canadian Grain Commission officials say U.S. grain can also be sold outside of the grading system based on specifications — similar to how wheat is marketed in the U.S. But American wheat must get the lowest grade, which is Feed in the new Canada Northern Hard Red class, proving American wheat is treated differently, Nolan Henry, U.S. Wheat Associates’ director of policy, said in a telephone interview.

“Yes, the U.S. producer could deliver wheat to (a Canadian) elevator and an elevator could choose to buy it on spec and they could work to negotiate what that price would be, but just because it can legally happen doesn’t mean that it does happen, or that there is not a barrier there,” he said.

It’s become a bigger issue since U.S. Wheat Associates began comparing wheat prices at U.S. and Canadian elevators equal distance to the border following the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board in 2012.

Economic theory holds that in a well-functioning open market Canadian and American wheat prices should come together, or arbitrage as it’s known.

Initially U.S. prices were higher, which wasn’t unexpected given the change in marketing was followed by a bumper crop in 2013 and a massive backlog in grain shipping in 2013-14. But last summer, U.S. Wheat Associates estimated Canadian wheat prices were 50 cents a bushel higher than those in the U.S. “At that point it became much more real and much more urgent for our growers, particularly those who are within driving distance of a Canadian eleva-

U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator Darci Vetter told reporters in Washington, D.C. April 25 that the U.S. government is pushing Canada for regulatory changes so American wheat exported to Canada is graded on the same basis as Canadian wheat.

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tor,” Henry said. “Our estimates are that there are about 3.3 million tonnes of U.S. wheat production within about 100 miles of a Canadian elevator.”

So far, most of the trade flow has been in the opposite direction. This crop year Canada has exported more than one million tonnes of wheat to the U.S., while the U.S. has exported around 100,000 tonnes to Canada, Henry said.

“That is a spike that has really caused the issue to get back on the (American farmers’) radar in a bigger way,” Henry added.

Statistics Canada data shows American wheat exports to Canada averaged just 38,286 tonnes the last three calendars years.

Varietal registration Bill C-48, which died when the federal election was called last fall, would have permitted American wheat to be graded the same way as Canadian as long as the variety is registered in Canada, CGC spokesman Remi Gosselin said.

The Canadian government is aware of U.S. concerns, Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said in an email, adding the government is looking at what changes may

Reporters attending the North American Agricultural Journalists annual meeting in Washington, D.C. met with U.S. administration officials at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the White House April 25. Originally called the State, War, and Navy Building, it was built between 1871 and 1888. Today it houses White House staff. According to Wikipedia it was once the world’s largest office building with 566 rooms and about 10 acres of floor space.

be needed in the grain sector to align it with a changing market.

“We are listening to stakeholders and partners. We will consider their interests, and how best to address them, while maintaining the protections and assurances the Canada Grain Act provides to Canadian producers and their customers,” he wrote.

In addition to grading discrimination, Henry claimed Canadian regulation requires foreign grain, and Canadian grain mixed with foreign grain, to be labelled — a practice he said would discourage Canadian elevators from buying American.

Not so, said Gosselin.

“There is no GCG requirement, or to our knowledge, grain elevator documentation that states that grain delivered by U.S. producers must be labelled ‘foreign grain,’” he said.

“If an American grows Faller (or any other wheat variety registered in Canada) and delivers it into Canada there’s no segregation requirement for foreign grain.”

Same bin In other words, a Canadian elevator can buy Faller wheat grown in the U.S. and dump it

in the same bin as Canadiangrown Faller.

In most cases, the grain is likely headed straight back to a U.S. customer, another industry player said.

“If a Canadian company... is bringing in Faller or Prosper from the U.S. it’s probably destined for the U.S.,” Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl said in an interview.

Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents Western Canada’s main grain companies, said the grade is not an impediment to trade.

“It is not a roadblock to commerce between U.S. sellers and Canadian grain buyers. As long as you have a willing seller and a willing buyer, the grain can be imported into Canada on a spec basis,” Sobkowich said. “So it gets the lowest grade, but that’s a secondary issue. As a seller do you care that you get a certain grade or that you are getting the price that you want?”

Members of the Canadian National Millers Association (CNMA) have no problem importing American wheat, president Gordon Harrison said.

Canada’s wheat registration system accommodates the

commercialization of American wheats, while protecting the integrity of Canada’s premium milling classes, Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Western Amber durum wheats, he added.

Dahl hopes Canada passes the legislation to allow American wheat to be graded the same way as Canadian.

“Anything we can do to resolve irritants like this would be helpful,” he said. (See sidebar.)

Addressing Canadian grading is a high priority for the U.S. administration. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack raised it last week with MacAulay during the G7 agriculture ministers’ meeting in Niigata, Japan.

“This is a concern that I have raised on a number of occasions,” Vilsack told reporters here on an April 27 teleconference.

“We still have an issue with Canada on wheat grading,” U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator Darci Vetter later told reporters. “What farmers tell us is that there are in fact circumstances where the grade matters and we think the regulation frankly is unfair so we are going to keep working on it.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

U.S.-Canada wheat tensions already easing At least four American spring milling wheats are registered in Canada now and more are expected in the future

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

T

he United States government and American wheat growers should put their beef with how Ca n a d a g rades impor ted American wheat into context, says Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl.

“Very substantial changes have been made to the Canadian system in the last 10 years,” he said in an interview April 29. “It was almost impossible for varieties in the U.S. to be registered in Canada. With the removal of KVD (kernel visual distinguishability in 2008) and the opening up of the (new Canada Northern Hard Red) class, there are simply no barriers to having those varieties registered in Canada.”

Dahl called the changes “re-

ally large and substantial” and said they were already facilitating more cross-border trade in wheat.

Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND are examples of those U.S. varieties that are fully registered in Canada and are becoming widely grown here. Changes to the Canadian marketing system which eliminated the wheat board also went a long way down the road to addressing U.S. concerns, he added.

Nolan Henry, U.S. Wheat Associates’ director of policy, agrees. While the U.S. sees Canada’s wheat registration system as “burdensome... and frustrating... the reality is the Canadian government has done a good job of streamlining that registration process over the last couple of years and we really welcome those changes,” he said in an interview.

“I think in the future you are

going to see more varieties that are growing in the U.S. registered in Canada as this market becomes a little bit more integrated. But at the end of the day we recognize that Canada has legitimate reasons for wanting to operate a variety registration system and that fits with Canadian farmers’ marketing practices.”

U.S. Wheat Associates wants American wheat shipped to Canada to be graded in the same way Canadian wheat is, but also recognizes that Canadian grades only apply to wheats registered in Canada.

Registration requires three years of testing both in the field, and of functional attributes related to milling and baking. A committee of experts representing the wheat industry, including farmers, assesses the data. If the variety meets the agronomic, disease and quality standards for the

intended class, a majority of committee members will vote to support the variety for registration. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency then registers the variety and it can be grown commercially.

In Canada this is viewed as integral to Canada’s wheat quality assurance system. It helps farmers and end-users by ensuring new varieties perform well for both.

Canada’s wheat registration system applies equally to wheats developed in Canada, the U.S. or elsewhere and Wheat Associates’ Henry acknowledged that.

Canadian farmers can grow unregistered varieties but must declare that when delivering to an elevator. And unregistered varieties — whether grown in Canada or the U.S. — automatically receive the lowest grade for the intended class.

When the wheat board was the only wheat seller in Western Canada, wheat prices were directly tied to class and grade. A No. 1 CWRS always earned more than feed and a No. 2 CWRS always earned more than a No. 2 Canada Prairie Spring. When the winter wheat CDC Falcon was moved from Canada Western Red Winter — a milling class — to Canada Western General purpose — its value instantly dropped, for example. That’s no longer the case in the open market where price is determined by the grain buyer and seller no matter the grade or class.

So now, following good growing conditions, some CDC Falcon is sold for milling instead of for livestock feed and the farmer is paid accordingly. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

WATER Continued from page 1

show how these concepts are viable on our land and in our soil.”

Sponge-like soil Years of conventional agriculture practices have degraded the soil throughout North America, causing it to become dry and compact, crippling its natural ability to respond to stress and exacerbating the negative impacts of weather events.

Heavily tilled soils have virtually no active root systems and become hard and compact as much as 12 inches below the surface.

When heavy rainfalls occur on these soils, water is not being absorbed where it lands, causing run-off and flooding.

“People are often frustrated by flooding situations but I don’t think a lot of people realize how unaccepting our soils are of water,” Canart said. “We need to create a better situation where our soils can accept water and store it.”

Sustainable agriculture practices, such as reducing soil disturbance, armouring the soil surface and focusing on building organic matter within the soil, enable the land to better act as a reservoir, holding moisture during times of drought and acting as a sponge in times of flooding.

side of Bismarck, in 1991 the organic levels in the soil on his cropland were 1.7 to 1.9 and that land was infiltrating half an inch of water per hour.

“Now that land averages about six per cent organic matter and I can infiltrate two inches of rainfall in 25 seconds,” said Brown. “It is not how much rain you get, it is how much rain you can infiltrate, store in the soil and have the organic matter move that water within the soil profile.”

Brown says the growth of the organic matter in his soil has also benefited in times of drought as the soil retains moisture better and can better withstand extremes in temperature.

“I no longer worry about a one- or two-year drought. It is not going to affect my operation whatsoever. You build resiliency by focusing on healthy soil,” Brown said. “That allows you to withstand these differences in temperature and precipitation.”

Brown added keeping the

ground covered is also important, keeping moisture in, better regulating temperature and continually feeding the soil biology.

“Bare ground during hot days will dry out so quickly, bugs die, evaporation happens and all of that soil moisture is gone,” Brown said.

Learn from others Canart says the work Brown has done on his operation is a good example of what he hopes to establish in Manitoba and he has been in contact with the Burleigh County Soil Conservation District based out of Bismarck, that works closely with Brown, to help develop the model for local projects.

The four conservation districts have applied for funding through the Growing Forward 2 initiative and are currently awaiting a response.

Canart says he hopes the government will see value in

Two soil samples that demonstrate soil with higher levels of organic matter and an established litter cover can infiltrate water faster and retain moisture longer.

Photo: Jennifer Paige

the proposed program and in the future he would like to see incentives around capturing carbon on farmland established.

“We have the potential to store tons and tons of carbon in our soils, which will greatly

increase water retention. We need to promote and incentivize producers to build carbon in their soils. If we can do that, there are huge benefits for everyone involved,” Canart said. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

“People are often frustrated by flooding situations but I don’t think a lot of people realize how unaccepting our soils are of water.”

Ryan Canart Upper Assiniboine River Conservation District

Producers who are actively increasing organic matter have reported fewer areas of pooling in their fields and faster water infiltration, allowing them to get back on their land faster following rains.

In times of drought they have reported fewer dry spots and less soil moisture lost through evaporation.

Tripling infiltration Following more than two decades of no-till practices and use of cover crops to improve the organic content of his soil, North Dakota farmer, Gabe Brown, says his land can hold roughly three times more water than it used to.

“In talking with some local farmers, they were discussing that there has been flooding here and I was wondering if that was because they let more water out of the dam or is it really because there is an infiltration problem in the soil,” said Brown.

“It’s not about how much water you get. It’s about how much you can store. Soil with higher levels of organic matter and carbon are able to absorb more water, hold the moisture better, have a stronger root system, and enable forage to better withstand bouts of drought or flooding.”

Brown says when he bought his farmland, located just out-

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Minnesota congressman critical of Canada’s supply management system Colin Peterson suspects Canadians are using windfall profits from supply management to buy up American dairy processors “What sticks in my craw the most is the fact that we are letting Canada off the hook (with supply management).”

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff/Washington, D.C.

C

anada’s supply management sector knows it’s on the American government’s hit list. Veteran Minnesota Congressman Colin Peterson reaffirmed that here April 26 while speaking to members of North American Agricultural Journalists.

“What sticks in my craw the most is the fact that we are letting Canada off the hook (with supply management),” Peterson said when asked about his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

“Canada took us to the cleaners in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). And the only chance that we have to fix that is in this (TPP) agreement, in my opinion. And this does not fix it.”

Peterson, who has represented Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District since 1991, is the House of Representative’s agriculture committee’s most senior Democrat and chaired the committee from 2007 to 2011.

Supply management was created partly to give farmers stable incomes by matching production with consumption. But Peterson

Colin Peterson

hinted Canada’s dairy sector is making windfall profits and using them to invest in the U.S. “A 100-cow dairy is making a half-million dollars a year,” according to Peterson. “Our (dairy) guys are barely surviving and Saputo (a Montreal-based dairy processor and the 10th largest in the world) is the secondbiggest owner of dairy processing in the United States. It just bought some more processing plants last week. Agropur (Canada’s largest dairy co-operative) is No. 6 now.

So we now have Canadian dairy farmers owning more of the dairy industry in the United States than Land O’ Lakes. This is a screwedup deal.”

Under supply management, exports are restricted. It’s considered a trade-off for protection from cheaper imports. But according to Peterson, Canada is exporting dairy products to the U.S. while high Canadian tariffs block U.S. dairy exports to Canada.

Trade statistics However, trade statistics show that the trade balance in dairy products favours the U.S., an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada official said in an email May 1.

“The dairy trade deficit with the United States in 2015 was at $371 million, almost double what

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it was in 2011,” the official wrote.

“In 2015, Canada imported $475 million in dairy products from the United States, whereas the United States imported just $104 million in dairy products from Canada.”

The Canadian government fully supports supply management, the mail added.

“Supply management has served Canadian farmers and consumers well for over four decades providing producers with fair returns on their labour and investments. It also provides consumers with a steady supply of high-quality products at predictable prices.”

Considered to be one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, according to Wikipedia, Peterson opposes TPP even though typically conservatives support trade agreements. Most American farm groups support TPP. Peterson is also offside on the issue with fellow Democrat and President Barrack Obama.

The Obama administration is pushing the deal hard, but according to Peterson right now the House of Representatives would defeat legislation endorsing TPP. “He (Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack) understands that

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Peterson said he doesn’t believe the U.S. needs to sign TPP to be engaged in world trade or counter China’s growing economic power.

“This is not a free trade agreement, in terms of agriculture,” Peterson said. “This is a managed trade agreement and all we got out of agriculture was increased access in different commodity areas — so much for pork, so much for rice, so much for whatever.

“It could be that they may have to renegotiate this thing to get it passed. I think that’s unprecedented, but it could happen.

Leading U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have expressed opposition to TPP. The deal was signed in February by Pacific Rim countries Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the U.S. and Vietnam.

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it will not pass if it is brought up now,” Peterson said. “Why they are putting on this full court press now I don’t know, because I do not think it is a smart thing.”

July 1-3: Carberry Fair and Races.

Call 204-834-3772.

June 17-19: Pelican Lake Fair, Ninette. Call 204-523-4139 or visit www.pelicanlakeagsociety.wix.com/ pelican-lake-ag.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

Hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada Rules requiring trailers be cleaned in the U.S. return starting May 2 STAFF

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og industry officials in Western Canada want producers to insist that hog trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers have just been cleaned on the U.S. side of the border.

The recommendation comes as a federally approved trailerwash pilot project, credited with helping to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) out of much of Western Canada, is scheduled to end effective May 2.

Normally, the federal Health of Animals Act requires that swine transporters returning to Canada from the U.S. have their trailers washed at U.S. facilities.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in February 2014, agreed to suspend that rule and allow truckers coming in from the U.S. to have their trailers washed and disinfected at certified Canadian wash sites.

The pilot project was originally due to end in mid-January, but CFIA in December last year allowed its extension until May 2.

Manitoba Pork, in a release April 29, said the Canadian facilities have been “disease free” while U.S. truck washes were set up in “regions where PED had become rampant.”

The hog producer agency said it would advise all producers in Western Canada to insist any trailer returning from the U.S. also be “properly washed and disinfected in a certified Canadian facility” and to assume trailers washed only at U.S. facilities “are almost certainly contaminated with the PED virus.”

The pilot project, Manitoba Pork said, has been “extremely successful in keeping Western Canada free of PED.” The West has seen just five on-farm cases of PED since the program was launched, the agency said.

Of those, Manitoba Pork said, all were in Manitoba and all have since “been contained.”

British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan have reported no cases.

By comparison, Ontario has confirmed 90 on-farm cases of PED between the beginning of February 2014 and the end of March this year. Several

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such cases were reported in Quebec, and one in Prince Edward Island.

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followed by “a proper thermal assist drying procedure to those trailers, to ensure we’re minimizing or eliminating (the PED virus) as much as possible.”

To be sure, he said, having the trailers cleaned in the U.S. and the process repeated in Canada has “the potential to double or more the cost of the whole process, and needlessly double it.”

However, he said, Western Canada now boasts a truck wash certification program “to ensure our truck washes are up to standards and delivering a safe and effective wash to our transporters.”

Certified truck washes in the region have wash procedure audits and protocols, he said, which “gives a level of security that most regions don’t enjoy, and certainly something we want to continue to promote and work with.”

‘Level of security’ CFIA now plans to end the program “even though there is no evidence that such facilities will not contaminate diseasefree Canadian transporters,” Manitoba Pork said April 29.

The agency said the government “continues to ignore professional advice from practising veterinarians, all the major swine producer groups, the chief veterinary officers of the three Prairie provinces, and swine health researchers.”

Speaking recently on the hog industry-sponsored program Farmscape, Dr. Egan Brockhoff of Prairie Swine Health Services at Red Deer, Alta. said he expected veterinarians would recommend trailers be washed and disinfected again in Canada,

Allan Dawson

Manitoba Co-operator staff were recognized with writing awards at the recent North American Agricultural Journalists annual competition in Washington, D.C. Reporters Allan Dawson and Commodity News Service reporter Terryn Shiels received third place in the Spot News category for their article “Canola crop succumbs to final blow with May 30 frost,” which published last spring.

Co-operator editor Laura Rance placed second in the editorial category for her editorial “Why do women in agriculture go largely unrecognized?” which published in April 2015.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 85.00 - 96.00 D3 Cows 78.00 - 87.00 Bulls 116.00 - 124.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

140.00 - 162.00 (801-900 lbs.)

155.00 - 168.00 (701-800 lbs.)

165.00 - 187.00 (601-700 lbs.)

177.00 - 194.00 (501-600 lbs.)

180.00 - 205.00 (401-500 lbs.)

180.00 - 212.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

130.00 - 143.00 (801-900 lbs.)

137.00 - 148.00 (701-800 lbs.)

150.00 - 175.00 (601-700 lbs.)

155.00 - 178.00 (501-600 lbs.)

160.00 - 190.00 (401-500 lbs.)

170.00 - 210.00

Heifers

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

(850+ lbs.)

Alberta South — — 95.00 - 108.00 82.00 - 97.00 127.82 - 127.82 $ 149.00 - 163.00 165.00 - 182.00 182.00 - 201.00 202.00 - 220.00 215.00 - 232.00 220.00 - 244.00 $ 137.00 - 148.00 146.00 - 160.00 160.00 - 175.00 173.00 - 190.00 182.00 - 202.00 190.00 - 214.00

(901+ lbs.)

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(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

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(401-500 lbs.)

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

Cattle Slaughter

April 29, 2016

Previous Year­ 47,504 10,412 37,092 N/A 548,000

CNSC

Close 145.53 140.58 139.80 139.93 139.38 134.95

Change -3.92 -4.88 -6.25 -5.10 -4.22 -4.10

Week Ending April 23, 2016 1,301 28,501 9,585 395 502 7,180 287

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,017 26,478 12,094 563 741 5,819 212

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

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

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

Current Week 179 E 166 E 158.20

Last Week 172.73 159.63 153.82

Last Year (Index 100) 171.51 159.75 148.20

159.69

157.21

147.33

Futures (April 29 2016) in U.S. Hogs

Close

Change

May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016

77.33 80.78 81.25 80.75

0.30 1.25 1.18 1.03

October 2016

69.85

0.70

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 29th — —

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 May 8, 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 ................................................$1.880 Undergrade ........................................ $1.780 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.880 Undergrade ........................................ $1.780 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.830 Undergrade.......................................... $1.745 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 84.03 - 120.02 194.89 - 217.16 236.96 - 260.57 232.25 - 259.34 250.79 - 332.49 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

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

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

<1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

S

easonal trends saw activity continue to slow down at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the week ended April 29, as many in the livestock sector turn their attention to spring field work. Top-end prices were generally moving lower as well, with weakness in U.S. futures and considerable strength in the Canadian dollar bearish for the local market.

The currency touched 80 U.S. cents on April 29, hitting that level for the first time since July 2015. The stronger currency was likely limiting some of the cross-border demand from the U.S. “The futures have been moving steadily down, which has an effect on the cash market,” said Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart.

Much of the activity at Killarney during the week was local backgrounders selling cattle they bought in the fall, but declining prices created challenges for producers selling all their cattle in one go.

Most of the demand was coming from the western feedlots, Munroe said, with numbers too low for eastern buyers to put a load together.

“We’re all hopeful that this is a buying opportunity,” Munroe said of declining feeder prices.

“But we’ve thought that since early February, and (prices) have been going down since then.”

With volumes slowing down for the season, Killarney is moving to a biweekly sales schedule, which will allow for better numbers every other week. Other auction yards are also set to adjust their schedules over the next few weeks.

Aside from the routine buying and selling at the auction yards, the big news in the cattle sector during the week was an announcement by Canadian restaurant chain Earls that it would no longer source Canadian beef. The

allan munroe Killarney Auction Mart

chain will instead buy “Certified Humane” beef sourced from Kansas, due to a supposed lack of available Canadian supplies. The announcement created a small uproar, especially in Alberta, with calls for a boycott of the chain.

“It’s aggravating,” Munroe said of Earls’ announcement. “It’s all based on perception… their job is to sell product, which is the same as ours. Unfortunately they’re listening to misconceptions.”

Munroe noted Canada already has a Verified Beef Production program — and pointed to McDonald’s as another restaurant chain working with the industry to the benefit of both.

“It’s so unfortunate, because when we went through BSE, what saved a big part of our industry was the belief by Canadian consumers that Canadian beef was safe,” said Munroe.

“Farmers have done a very good job; it’s just a matter of we haven’t been good at telling it.”

Auctions are open to do anything that can increase the value of the cattle moving through the markets, he said, but added that it was frustrating when companies don’t work with the industry.

“These little things start to add up, which makes it difficult for the industry to act quickly,” he said, noting the cattle sector is often slow to change as it takes awhile for market signals to get to people.

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

briefs

Pork prices gain on seasonal demand, tighter numbers

BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

Western Canadian cash hog prices have been trending higher as supplies tighten and demand increases moving into the summer, two Prairie analysts say.

“A lot of that has to do with lower slaughter numbers, higher pork cut-out values,” said Brad Marceniuk, a livestock economist with the Saskatchewan government in Saskatoon.

Hog numbers in the U.S. are moving lower due to

seasonal factors — the numbers are highest in September and November — and stronger exports, notably to China.

“It’s not a huge decrease, but the trend has been lower numbers here the last month or so,” Marceniuk said.

Higher pork cut-out values are linked to summer demand, which typically increases during barbecue season, he added.

“A lot of it is demand factors that come into play at this time of year, demand for grilling cuts,” said Tyler Fulton, director of risk management for H@ ms Marketing Services in Headingley, Man. This year’s cash market is tracking the trends seen

last year, he said, expecting prices to continue moving higher until about mid-July, when supplies are tightest and prices peak.

H@ms pegs cash prices at about $67.70 per hundredweight for the week ended April 23.

Prospects for low feed costs this summer look favourable, Fulton said.

“Generally, (corn and soybean) supplies are very, very high, and that means feed prices are quite depressed.”

Feed costs are contingent on weather conditions, he said. “But if we get another average-, or above-averagesize crop, I think it would ensure that feed costs would likely be stable, or drop even further.”

Toronto ($/cwt) 86.03 - 407.64 — 113.21 - 327.65

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“(Earls’) job is to sell product, which is the same as ours.

Unfortunately they’re listening to misconceptions.”

Phil-Franz Warkentin

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 23, 2016 48,440 12,094 36,346 N/A 587,000

Fundamentals turn bearish for local cattle sales Earls’ sourcing decision riles up the cattle sector

Ontario $ 132.84 - 156.27 133.31 - 156.80 71.03 - 99.62 71.03 - 99.62 100.67 - 127.81 $ 149.92 - 174.56 161.22 - 183.12 151.73 - 196.04 156.81 - 213.24 154.34 - 222.66 152.00 - 233.01 $ 139.56 - 153.88 150.48 - 167.86 141.25 - 172.79 136.06 - 184.06 141.39 - 200.34 156.56 - 210.43

$

Futures (April 29, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2016 122.85 -3.65 June 2016 114.80 -2.10 August 2016 111.75 -2.18 October 2016 111.58 -2.33 December 2016 111.88 -2.25 February 2017 111.00 -2.05

Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

$1 Cdn: $0.7968 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2549 Cdn.

column

Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: april 22, 2016

Toronto ($/cwt) 12.50 - 56.00 44.00 - 72.00

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Canola supply concerns offset a stronger loonie

Average quotes as of May 2, 2016 ($/tonne)

Wheat futures have gained on a softer U.S. dollar DAVE SIMS CNSC

C

anola futures gained roughly $4 to $7 during the week ended April 29, with the July contract hovering near the lucrative $500 per tonne mark. Although values managed to temporarily climb above that lofty level, the market couldn’t hold it. Some have said it won’t be long before $500-per-tonne will become floor support for the July contract instead of technical resistance.

Spread activity continues to be the exception these days, as just three calendar spreads remain routinely active. It wasn’t that long ago traders dabbled daily in six or seven different monthly ranges.

Large hedge funds have been active buyers, though, and the July contract chopped around the $495-$500 range for much of the week.

The Canadian dollar is mostly a bearish force for canola right now, as it continues to strengthen against its U.S. counterpart. The loonie rose above the 80 U.S. cent mark Friday morning, which was the first time since July 1, 2015 it has done so.

The situation has cut into crush margins, with processors falling well off the pace established in March and April.

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

200.99

33.70

234.69

W. Manitoba wheat

200.99

27.47

228.46

E. Manitoba canola

501.00

-15.00

486.00

W. Manitoba canola

501.00

-18.83

482.17 Source: pdqinfo.ca

As well, questions over how long old-crop supplies will hold out are likely at the back of most traders’ minds when forward-pricing. Dry weather continues to plague parts of western Saskatchewan and Alberta, but seeding is well underway the farther west you go.

Commercial buying continues to stay steady, which buoyed canola along with higher prices for Malaysian palm oil.

Large gains in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans helped fuel canola’s rise, with the July contract advancing 34 U.S. cents per bushel. Heavy rains in Argentina have slowed that country’s harvest down to a crawl, which has opened the door for U.S. exporters to make some sales.

U.S. corn also reaped sizable gains, with the most-active July contract rising US$16.25 due to dry weather in Brazil and spec buying.

Political turmoil in Brazil has crimped supplies coming out of the country, which has buoyed U.S. exports.

U.S. wheat also advanced, with CBOT and Minneapolis varieties seeing the most gains compared to Kansas City supplies. Softening in the U.S. dollar provided some support during the week, while farmers in the U.S. Midwest are hoping fields will begin to dry out after recent heavy rains.

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

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

Port Prices As of Monday May 2, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

204.11

1.93

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

233.87

4.04

Canola Thunder Bay

507.70

3.00

Canola Vancouver

527.70

3.00

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, May 2, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

497.70

-1.30

ICE milling wheat

236.00

-6.00

ICE barley

174.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

199.24

-3.31

Chicago SRW wheat

178.39

-6.61

Kansas City HRW wheat

174.35

-9.37

Corn

154.03

0.59

Oats

134.06

-3.57

Soybeans

377.54

0.00

Soymeal

367.41

5.95

Soyoil

733.60

-27.12

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, May 2 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

210.89

-0.37

Feed barley

178.67

1.84

n/a

n/a

441.32

2.76

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

180.26

5.19

Soybeans

396.84

9.92

16.25

-0.05

Ask

Ask

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

Prairie spring wheat bids hang steady A rising loonie limits the upside in cash wheat prices

BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

C

ash spring wheat bids across Western Canada hung relatively steady during the week ended April 29, with prices softening in some locations. The rising Canadian dollar, which topped the 80 U.S. cent mark on April 29, capped the upside.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $1.50 to down by 80 cents per tonne over the course of the week, according to price quotes from a crosssection of delivery points across the Prairie provinces compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $224 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $238 in northern Alberta.

Average CWRS prices ranged from about $224 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $238 in northern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, ranging from $29 to $39 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$178.50 to $189.60 per tonne, down by roughly US$1 compared to the previous week. That would put the cur-

rency adjusted basis levels at about US$5-$16 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 $12 to $26 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were also narrowly mixed on the week. Average CPSR prices came in at about $196 to $206 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and roughly $210 per tonne in Alberta.

Average durum prices were up by $5-$6 per tonne during the week, with bids in Saskatchewan ranging from roughly $286 to $293 per tonne.

The July spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.47 per bushel on April 29, up 15 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 July K.C. wheat contract was quoted at US$4.785 per bushel on April 29, up five U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The July Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.885 on April 29, which was up by 14.5 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar closed at 79.69 U.S. cents on April 29, up by a penny relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 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

Humane beef move pushes Canadian beef off Earls menu Beef groups say the move ignores the fact that the industry-wide standards in Canada are already equivalent

BY GORD GILMOUR Co-operator associate editor

A

move by the Earls restaurant chain to source “Certified Humane” beef from a Kansas supplier has kicked off a furor across the country.

The move amounts to nothing but a marketing strategy and ignores that industry-led standards in Canada are equivalent or better, according to Brian Lemon, Manitoba Beef Producers’ recently appointed general manager.

“It’s unfortunate that this has happened,” Lemon said. “It’s unfortunate Earls wasn’t willing to talk to us and work with us to find a solution.

“The really troubling part of this is that it’s left a suggestion that somehow the beef we’re producing is lesser, or less humane, and that just isn’t the case.”

The beef from the Kansas supplier is produced under the Certified Humane banner of Humane Farm Animal Care, a Virginia-based group endorsed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society of the United States.

The certification indicated the animal has been raised without antibiotics, steroids or added hormones and was treated with “dignity, care and respect” from birth to death, including processing in humane abattoirs designed by renowned animal behaviourist Temple Grandin.

In Canada, there’s the Verified Beef Program, a national industryled on-farm food safety program that proponents say recreates most of the key components.

Cate Simpson, a spokesperson for Earls, said lobbyists for the beef industry are missing the point of the move, which was to improve animal care standards.

“It seems unfortunate that they are distorting what is really good news for animal welfare,” she wrote in an email. “It’s their job to push that part of the story, but it’s everyone’s job to look after the welfare of animals and the food we eat.”

She also challenged the narrative that Earls has failed to give the Canadian industry a chance.

“We did intensive research and testing for over two years trying to use a Certified Humane beef from Alberta,” she said. “We did use it in our Edmonton and Calgary locations as well as our flagship locations across Canada for well over two years. However, there was (and is) simply not enough Certified Humane, antibiotic-, steroid-free beef in Alberta to meet the volume we use and those we tried were unable to consistently meet our supply needs, not even a portion of it.”

PHOTO: thinkstock

Mo Jessa, Earls president, said the company pioneered the conscioussourcing concept in Calgary three years ago, examining conditions on farms and in fisheries, where the garbage and food waste went, and where the water required was sourced.

“We took a step back and fully realized the positive impact we could make within our industry by not only having one restaurant follow these principles, but by having our entire company follow these principles,” Jessa said.

The company also noted for the conscious-sourcing model to work, beef is a non-negotiable item. It must be included because it’s the company’s largest volume menu item.

Simpson added the company felt that customer’s concerns over animal welfare outweighed the country-of-origin considerations, but would revisit the issue if a Canadian supplier could provide roughly two million pounds of Certified Humane beef annually.

In a release announcing the move, the chain, headquartered in Vancouver, said it’s just the first step in a new “conscious-sourcing” model for their 59 Canadian and seven U.S. outlets. While the company was enthusiastic about the move, which began April 27, others were not. A social media storm erupted, led by Alberta politicians.

“Let’s hope every bar and restau-

“There was (and is) simply not enough Certified Humane, antibiotic-, steroid-free beef in Alberta to meet the volume we use and those we tried were unable to consistently meet our supply needs, not even a portion of it.”

Cate Simpson Earls

rant NOT called Earls has an increase in business starting tomorrow,” Ric McIver, an Alberta MLA and interim leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives posted to Twitter. “I won’t be setting foot in that place!”

Others questioning the move included Wild Rose Party Leader Brian Jean and Brad Wall, premier of Saskatchewan.

Manitoba Beef Producers’ Brian Lemon said the real issue is competing standards with little accountability or transparency, suggesting it was reminiscent of the early days of the sustainability movement when “green” products first became a major market trend.

“Every label said products were

green; everything had that mobius loop (recycling symbol) on it, but consumers had no way of determining if it really meant anything, if something was actually environmentally friendly,” Lemon said. “In a lot of ways I think we’re looking at the same sort of thing here.”

He suggested that most Canadian beef producers are already meeting the bulk of the required standard, and challenged some of the assertions being made by the Certified Humane program. For example, he said Canadian beef producers now use antibiotics sparingly to treat sick animals, rather than as a feed amendment.

“Arguably, refusing to treat a sick animal with antibiotics is inhumane,” he said.

The Certified Humane code does allow antibiotics to be used therapeutically to treat a sick animal.

Lemon also added that hormone treatments that leave barely measurable traces in the finished prod- uct allow the industry to produce more meat with less environmental impact.

Lemon conceded that industrydriven programs sometimes lack the flash of third-party programs that are typically agenda driven, and added getting the many stakeholders organized takes time and effort.

“But it is worth the effort and in the end, the bottom line is that our meat is raised under standards that are as good or better,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

Check water quality before turning out livestock Checking and monitoring water quality can help guard your livestock’s health and productivity NDSU release

Y

our pond or dugout water might look fine, but it could just as easily be compromised by concentrated levels of salts, minerals and bacteria, which can compromise livestock health.

“We recommend that livestock producers test water quality prior to livestock turnout,” North Dakota State University Extension Service livestock environmental stewardship specialist Miranda Meehan says.

Poor water quality can impact livestock health negatively, according to Gerald Stokka, NDSU Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist.

“At a minimum, it can result in decreased water consumption, reducing feed intake and gains,” he adds.

“However, elevated levels of some salts and bacteria can result in severe illness and even death.”

NDSU veterinar y toxicologist Michelle Mostrom says water sources should be tested for total dissolved solids ( TDS), sulphates and nitrates.

TDS measure salts. These levels should be less than 5,000 parts per million (ppm) for most classes of grazing livestock. Elevated levels of TDS may not be harmful to livestock health, but in some cases it is an indicator for high sulphate levels. Sulphate recommen-

dations are less than 500 ppm for calves and less than 1,000 ppm for adult cattle. High levels of sulphate can reduce copper availability in the diet.

Elevated levels of sulphates may cause loose stool, whereas very high levels of sulphate can induce central nervous system problems and polioencephelomalacia, a brain disorder found in cattle.

Nitrate is not toxic to animals, but at elevated levels, it causes nitrate poisoning. Water sources that receive runoff from fields and confined feeding locations that contain elevated levels of nitrogen are at risk of contamination. Water with elevated nutrient levels also are at a higher risk for bluegreen algae blooms in periods of hot, dry weather. Some species of bluegreen algae (cyanobacteria) contain toxins that can be deadly when livestock and wildlife consume them.

“Monitoring water quality throughout the grazing season is important because it changes in response to climate and environmental conditions,” Meehan says. “What is especially important is to keep a close eye on water quality during drought when using a shallow water source and sources with a history of water quality issues.”

If concerned about livestock diseases caused by contaminated drinking water, contact your local veterinarian or extension personnel.

“Elevated levels of some salts and bacteria can result in severe illness and even death.”

GERALD STOKKA NDSU

Even pure-looking water might harbour a problem that could hurt your cattle. PHOTO: NDSU

Livestock Insurance Program goes offline The Western Livestock Insurance Program makes adjustments to be more user friendly to those without Internet access

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

M

anitoba livestock prod u c e r s a re g e t t i n g new offline options to sign up for price insurance coverage.

Until recently the only way to buy a Western Livestock Price Insurance Program ( WLPIP) policy was to go on the Internet, activate an account through an online portal and buy a policy online, paying with a credit card.

N o w t h a t ’s c h a n g i n g , according to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Co r p o ra t i o n ( M A S C ) , w h o administers the provincial crop insurance program.

“Producers now have the ability to fax or scan the p a p e r w o rk t o o u r c o n t a c t centre and then we activate the policy once it is paid,” said Jason Dobbin, MASC’s livestock price insurance co-ordinator.

It won’t affect any other aspects of the program, and the policies remain available through the online option.

The move is intended to make life easier for producers without Internet access.

“Now, p e o p l e w h o d o n’t have a computer or an email address are able to apply with a fax number,” said Dobbin.

WLPIP has also added new payment options. Previously, the organization accepted c re d i t c a rd p a y m e n t o n l y

b u t p r o d u c e r s n ow h a v e the option to pay by cheque or telephone and online banking.

“There is a two-week time frame to get the policy paid to allow for producers to mail in cheques to our contact office.”

While it is acceptable to

mail in payment to the MASC contact office, Dobbin clarifies that mailing in the paperwork is not an option. “ T h e p a p e r w o rk i s t i m e sensitive, so when applying you still need to have either a fax or a scanner to transfer the paperwork back and forth in a timely manner. It needs

to be completed within the 3-1/2-hour time period that we allow for buying.”

According to Dobbin, the change comes as a response to producer requests.

“This is something that we heard producers wanted.

They wanted different options to purchase and to pay and

so we listened. This is a pilot program and part of that pilot is trying to adjust the program to make it as convenient for producers as possible.”

For more information call 1-844-782-5747 or visit www. wlpip.ca. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers No. on offer

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Apr-27

Apr-26

Apr-26

Apr-26

Apr-27

Apr-25

Apr-28

Apr-29

950

1,085

133

852

2,077*

478

550

575

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

130.00-145.00

900-1,000

n/a

130.00-156.00

n/a

145.00-165.00

145.00-158.00

n/a

148.00-160.00

140.00-156.00

125.00-169.50

160.00-177.50

140.00-158.00

160.00-182.00

165.00-180.00

n/a

160.00-182.00

145.00-176.00

800-900 700-800

160.00-189.50

170.00-200.00

150.00-175.00

177.00-193.00

178.00-199.00

165.00-185.00

175.00-195.00

155.00-180.00

600-700

165.00-212.50

180.00-208.00

165.00-191.00

185.00-205.00

190.00-216.00

185.00-201.00

185.00-208.00

172.00-205.00

500-600

170.00-220.00-

190.00-227.50

185.00-210.00

210.00-225.00

200.00-228.00

195.00-218.00

195.00-220.00

185.00-206.00

400-500

177.00-222.50

210.00-240.00

200.00-225.00

220.00-243.00

220.00-248.00

215.00-237.00

n/a

190.00-217.00

300-400

n/a

220.00-257.50

200.00-260.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

190.00-214.00

n/a

120.00-139.50

n/a

125.00-145.00

130.00-144.00

n/a

n/a

100.00-132.00

800-900

n/a

130.00-148.50

125.00-150.00

145.00-160.00

148.00-160.00 (167.00)

140.00-160.00

148.00-165.00

120.00-144.00

700-800

144.00-162.50

130.00-172.00

150.00-170.00

160.00-182.00

155.00-177.00 (182.00)

150.00-165.00

155.00-175.00

140.00-175.00

600-700

160.00-179.50

140.00-189.00

160.00-180.00

175.00-195.00

172.00-192.00

155.00-171.00

165.00-188.00 (198.00)

150.00-175.00

500-600

170.00-193.00

170.00-195.50

175.00-200.00

180.00-200.00

183.00-207.00

170.00-192.00

175.00-200.00

165.00-186.00

400-500

184.00-211.00

180.00-202.00

190.00-225.00

195.00-222.00

185.00-218.00

180.00-204.00

175.00-198.00

175.00-199.00

300-400

n/a

180.00-213.00

200.00-260.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

185.00-200.00

116

n/a

65

111

n/a

n/a

192

155

D1-D2 Cows

81.00-89.00

n/a

n/a

93.00-101.00

92.00-98.00

84.00-92.00

89.00-98.00 (105.00)

88.00-95.00

D3-D5 Cows

73.00-79.00

n/a

n/a

82.00-92.00

75.00-92.00

n/a

82.00-88.00

82.00-90.00

Age Verified

91.00-97.00 (114.00)

70.00-98.00

n/a

n/a

94.00-101.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-127.50

100.00-111.00

118.00-122.75

115.00-134.00

122.00-134.00

84.00-92.00

110.00-126.00 (128.50)

118.00-124.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market No. on offer

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

110.00-118.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

92.00-105.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

88.00-93.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

75.00-88.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

95.00-140.00

n/a

108.00-127.00

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

New-crop lambs arrive for Orthodox Easter season The latest sale had a ‘clean out the flock’ to prepare for the summer grazing season feel GOAT DOES

BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

Ewes

T

he summer sheep and goat auction schedule is set to begin with one sale on the first Monday of every month.

The approaching Orthodox Easter translated into strong bidding for 300 sheep and goats at Winnipeg Livestock Auction April 20.

The bidding on the various ewes appeared to have dropped from the last sale.

However, there did not appear to show any price differences between wool and hair ewes.

There was a feeling of cleaning out the flock and establishing a healthier herd for the summer in this area. Even the special breeds, such as the Jacob’s sheep, demonstrated lower bidder interest. The average price bidding ranged from $0.73 to $0.91 per pound.

The selection of rams was better than the past few sales, although the price indicated some decline in bidding, ranging from $0.70 to $0.90 per pound.

Two 140-pound lambs repre s e n t e d t h e h e a v y w e i g h t classification and brought $1.46 per pound.

The market lamb classification was represented by two l a m b s. A 1 0 8-pound lamb brought $1.79 per pound and the other 110-pound lamb brought $1.65 per pound.

The 90- to 91-pound feeder lamb price ranged from $1.61

$156.56

$1.48

65 lbs.

$141.05 - $148.50

90 lbs.

$130-18 - $138.60

$0.99

99 lbs.

$0.80

110 lbs.

$1.48

65 lbs.

$102.93 dairy

Lambs (lbs.)

$0.99

99 lbs.

$0.73

110 lbs.

MEAT

$2.14

97 lbs.

$144.90

DAIRY

$2.14

97 lbs.

$120

BUCKS $1.52

87 lbs.

$1.26

155 lbs.

$1.01

22 lbs.

$1.17

165 lbs.

DAIRY

$1.63

70 lbs.

MEAT

$2.00

53 lbs.

110+

$204.40

95 - 110

$179 / $181.50

doeling / wether

80 - 94

$157.43 - $165.75

meat

Under 80 75

$165

66

$121.44

dairy

50 / 59

$103.50 / $129.80

KIDS - Under 80

New-Crop Lambs 90

$181.80 / $185.40

70 / 75 / 79

$150.50 / $168.75 / $169.06

60 / 61

$148.80 / $131.15

51 / 59

$115.26 / $146.32

41

$96.76

30

$60

to $1.73 per pound. The 80and 85-pound feeder lambs brought a price range of $1.95 to $2.07 per pound. Cull feeder lambs saw very low bidding.

The selection of the lightweight lambs was very limited but demand remained to fuel feeder lamb bidding.

Two 75-pound Cheviot-cross lambs brought $220 per pound. Thirteen 66-pound Katahdin-cross lambs brought $1.84 per pound. A 50-pound Katahdin-cross lamb brought $2.07 per pound. Eight 59-pound lambs brought $2.20 per pound.

When one antibiotic is used, resistance to many antibiotics can increase

M

ichigan State University researchers have uncovered a troubling trend towards multiple antibiotic resistance in concentrated animal feeding operations.

A research team led by James Tiedje, distinguished professor of microbiology found that in large swine farms where antibiotics are used continuously in feed for growth promotion and disease prevention, multidrug-resistant bacteria are likely the norm rather than the exception.

In studying large-scale swine farms in China and one population of pigs in the U.S., the researchers confirmed the presence of many partner genes — resistance genes and mobile genetic elements found together.

When one gene increased or decreased in abundance, partner genes increased or decreased in nearly identical fashion.

Some of these partner genes can make bacteria resistant to antibiotics that were not even fed to the animals. So when one

meat

antibiotic is used, resistance to many antibiotics can increase, the scientists report in a study published in mBio. “In the fight against the rise of antibiotic resistance, we need to understand that the use of one antibiotic or, in some cases, antibacterial disinfectants may increase the abundance of multidrug-resistant bacteria,” he said.

“Tracking the source of antibiotic resistance is quite complicated because antibiotic use, which increases the occurrence of resistance, is widespread, and antibiotic resistance can spread between bacteria.”

The Chinese farms are quite close to large cities. So controlling antibiotic resistance in pigs and farms is important to minimizing human risk, he said.

“This is a global issue rather than one that’s simply isolated in China; multidrug resistance is just a plane ride away,” Tiedje added. “This is why our work in China is definitely as relevant as in the United States.”

They also found that at the Chinese farms, there were up to 14 partner genes, all occurring together in farms that are thousands of miles apart, said Tim Johnson, lead author with

animal weight

$0.83

Bacteria shares antibiotic resistance with genetic partners Staff

/ lb.

MSU’s Center for Microbial Ecology. “These genes confer resistance to up to six kinds of antibiotics, and some allow bacteria to reshuffle the order of their genes.”

In Chinese soils that received manure-based fertilizer, the same resistance genes were found in manure and in high abundance. However, the kinds of bacteria present in soil were quite different. This indicates that on the Chinese farms, the potential for resistance gene transfer among environmental bacteria is likely, said Yongguan Zhu, co-author from the Chinese Academy of Science.

Additional MSU researchers contributing to this study included Robert Stedtfeld, Qiong Wang, James Cole and Syed Hashsham.

Torey Looft, with the USDA’s Na t i o n a l A n i m a l D i s e a s e Center, and Yong-Guan Zhu, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Urban Environment and Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, also contributed to this study.

The research was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and Natural Science Foundation of China.

$2.11

54 lbs.

$2.27

55 lbs.

DAIRY

$2.11

54 lbs.

MEAT

$1.90

40 lbs.

DAIRY

$1.90

40 lbs.

MEAT

$2.17

30 lbs.

MEAT

$1.93

29 lbs.

DAIRY

$1.93

29 lbs.

New-crop lambs saw slightly lower bidding than the last sale. Heavyweight 90-pound lambs brought $2.02 to $2.06 per pound, yet the mid-average-weight lambs brought a price range from $2.12 to $2.48 per pound. The extreme lowerweight new-crop lambs brought $2 per pound.

Goats experienced a slight price decline from the last sale. The Alpine-cross goat does were not showing the full characteristics of a

mature frame. Quality of the goats is very important and the market is price sensitive towards it.

The bidding for goat bucks saw continued strong demand, similar to the last sale, with lower-weight bucks seeing the most buyer interest.

The goat kids did not show the strong bidding seen at the last sale. More were on offer and the weight of the animals didn’t seem to match buyer interest and preference.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 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

Biosecurity a good business decision B

iosecurity should be top of mind for potato growers, according to Prince Edward Island potato producer Gar y Linkletter.

Linkletter brought his grower’s perspective to a presentation on biosecurity at Manitoba Potato Production Days, held in Brandon, Man. from January 26 to 28.

Offering examples from his own experiences on his fourth-generation, 1,700-acre potato operation, Linkletter emphasized that biosecurity is “about saving money, increasing profit, and keeping our farms in business.”

Biosecurity is defined as a series of management practices designed to prevent, minimize and control the introduction of pests and diseases onto the farm, their spread within the farm, and movement off the farm.

But Linkletter said there’s a simpler definition of biosecurity: “trying to find ways not to lose money to diseases and pests.”

“Why would I implement biosecurity as a farmer? I’ll lose money if I don’t,” he said.

On Linkletter’s operation, daily biosecurity measures include scouting for late blight, “simple” diseases such as potato virus Y (PVY) and complex diseases such as potato cyst nematode (PCN).

In the 1980s, the Linkletter operation purchased neighbouring land from a farmer who had dealt with a severe case of bacterial ring rot in the past. They chose to attempt to address the problem prior to planting their first potato crop on the new ground.

“We allowed the new land to sit for three years with only grain crops, because we were nervous and it was suggested to us by some very good experts that three years was the maximum time ring rot could live in the soil without a host,” said Linkletter.

But a few years later, a seed inspector found ring rot in the field, which Linkletter had seeded

P.E.I. potato grower Gary Linkletter told his Manitoba colleagues biosecurity makes good business sense during a presentation at Manitoba Potato Productions Days.

PHOTO: P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture

to russet Burbank. The disease had survived seven years, protected by debris.

“We had to ship our entire crop to market and then do a multiweek cleanup before we could take home any seed. This meant we had to sell the whole crop way before we planted anything the next spring despite the fact we had markets we normally supplied until the end of June,” he said.

What could they have done differently? Linkletter believes they could have walked the field more carefully and taken more precautions to ensure the disease had died out.

Linkletter described another

experience with biosecurity on his operation — the discovery of potato wart years later. When the disease was confirmed by CFIA, the operation went into quarantine, trucks and equipment were cleaned and disinfected upon entering or leaving fields, and Linkletter had to provide detailed field histories.

The problem this time?

Employees did not know what potato wart looked like, Linkletter said.

In addition, they’d been removing leftover clay from bin pilers and moving it to fields with most need, rather than fields the clay had come from.

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“That had potential to move disease all around the farm,” he said.

“It was a huge biosecurity hole in our practices that had created tremendous risk for the farm and we will avoid it at all costs in the future.”

Regardless of disease severity levels or the history of disease in local areas, no one is safe from biosecurity risks, Linkletter emphasized.

“We’re all fighting biosecurity — late blight and pink rot are problems in our fields that we try to get rid of. Some are more invasive than others, but we fight little battles all the time,” he said.

“It’s an ongoing effort on the farm.”

In Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has created a National Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for Potato Growers, a document Linkletter said is essential for growers considering how best to implement biosecurity measures on the farm.

The document, created by representatives from the Potato Council and AAFC staff, offers a producer guidance document for potato growers, including a framework for the creation of individual farm biosecurity plans or the improvement of existing programs at the farm level.

Recommendations include creating controlled access zones and restricted access zones on farms, requiring disinfection of people and vehicles moving between zones, as well as properly managing and disposing of wastes.

O n e o f L i n k l e t t e r ’s m a i n insights, he said, is that it is much better to have a problem and know it, than have a problem and not know it.

“It is a big deal working through a disease issue but it is better than losing the farm, not to mention the risk of passing the problem along to your neighbours,” he said.

“It is always very tempting to ignore a disease situation, especially a big one if it can be shoved under the table for a while, but ultimately things have to be dealt with and the sooner we deal with a problem the sooner it is done and the less it will cost.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

Railway capacity worries exporters Shippers say the railways have been whittling away at their own capacity for years and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affecting Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national economic security

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

A

s bulk shippers con template future growth in their shipments, their concern over whether Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major railways are up to the job is also growing.

Jim Everson, Soy Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director, says agriculture and resource sector shippers are concerned CN and CP may not have the capacity to deal with larger volumes.

All the resource-based industries are expecting t o i n c re a s e p ro d u c t i o n i n the future, Everson told the Senate agriculture committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To do so, we need to be able to take that to market, and in Canada our way of doing that is by rail,â&#x20AC;? Everson s a i d . â&#x20AC;&#x153; It â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s c r i t i c a l i n t h e future that the rail infrastructure be sufficient to carr y everâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;increasing volumes of grain to market.â&#x20AC;?

I t â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a l s o n e c e s s a r y t o develop measures so the railways are under the same type of financial penalties as shippers for failing to meet delivery commitments, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The gover nment has to play a role because it really isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;driven sector,â&#x20AC;?

Everson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to play a role in ensuring that there i s re c i p ro c a l p e r f o r m a n c e accountability.â&#x20AC;?

Everson and Phil de Kemp, the Canadian Barley Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director, were questioned by the committee on the rail issue. Ontario Senator Lynn Beyak said she hears the same concerns about railway capacity while serving on other Senate committees.

She said there are good ideas in the Emerson report on the review of national transportation policy, but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any urgency in acting on the problems.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical in the future that the rail infrastructure be sufficient to carry everâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;increasing volumes of grain to market.â&#x20AC;?

Jim Everson Soy Canada

De Ke m p s a i d t h e g ra i n transport backlog during the winter of 2013 and 2014 combined with the Emerson report has put the rail capacity issue in the spotlight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The urgency is there,â&#x20AC;? de Kemp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure, we have got through this hump right now, as far as the backlog issue on grain, but it could happen again. It is not just if you get an increase in production.â&#x20AC;?

De Kemp said shippers are dealing with oligopolies that have a lot of power over how shipping flows, something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troubling for the export shippers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ev e r y t h i n g d e p e n d s o n railways to ports for all our exports,â&#x20AC;? he noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I say that it really is in our national economic security interest, and it is not just for grain.â&#x20AC;?

De Kemp added the railways have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;whittling downâ&#x20AC;? infrastructure and said one railway in particular â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which he stopped short of naming â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was widely viewed as a major source of concern by shippers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think ever yone knows what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m referring to,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the airlines operated the way the railways did, passengers encountering flight delays caused by weather and other problems would still be sitting in an airport for three

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Grain and other bulk commodity shippers are voicing concerns that Canadian railway capacity is no longer up to the job of moving product to export markets reliably. â&#x20AC;&#x201A; PHOTO: CPR

months, because they only had so many planes to take everybody.â&#x20AC;?

He noted the number of Prairie grain elevators has b e e n w h i t t l e d d ow n f r o m about 3,000 to 300, almost all with 100-car loading spots. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The efficiency is there,â&#x20AC;? de Kemp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can turn these things around in 24 hours.â&#x20AC;?

All those efficiency gains by the grain industry are being squandered by the railways, he said. Shippers can wind up waiting days for full cars to be picked up or find their delivery of empty cars for loading delayed just as long.

De Kemp added the grain industry understands the issues well, and will con -

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;They seem to be able to do that for the automotive industry, as far as justâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;inâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;time deliveries for auto parts,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just hope that they could do the same for us.â&#x20AC;?

He also noted replacing the fleet of grain hopper cars built by the federal government in the 1980s will be a huge issue as the cars reach the end of their useful lifespan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To order a new hopper car right now, it is about a threeâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;year wait,â&#x20AC;? de Kemp said.

De Kemp also said shippers are able to get better freight rates through the 160-kilometre interswitching limit, instituted by the former government in 2014, and recently extended by the Liberals for another year.

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tinue to lobby for changes to address them. He added that other sectors are impressed with the way the grain industry players have pulled together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know where the efficiencies are. We know where the efficiencies arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? de Kemp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The grain industry, collectively, has got its act together, all of us, sitting at the table. We know where we need to go. If you get cold weather, you need that power capacity. We have the data right now.â&#x20AC;?

He said getting it right is important, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s puzzled as to why the railways can seem to deliver freight in a very timely manner for other industries.

he loonieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decline since last year has led federal regulators to dial up the index guiding how much money Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain.

T h e C a n a d i a n Transportation Agency (CTA) announced April 29 it will raise its volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) by 4.8 per cent, to 1.3275, for the 2016-17 crop year.

The VRCPI is the inflation factor in the annual maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, the revenue cap â&#x20AC;&#x201D; applied on Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways (CN, CP) for their handling of Prairie grain.

The increased VRCPI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a weighted composite of the CTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forecasted prices for

railway labour, fuel, materials and capital spending â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be applied when the CTA sets the 2015-16 cap, a decision expected by Dec. 31, 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nearly half â&#x20AC;? of the announced increase is owing to the sharp decline in the Canada/U.S. exchange rate between 2014 and 2015, and to forecasts for the Canadian dollar to decline â&#x20AC;&#x153;even furtherâ&#x20AC;? in 2016, the agency said.

The weaker loonie increases the railwaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; costs for materials used in â&#x20AC;&#x153;day-to-day operations,â&#x20AC;? the agency said, as CN and CP pay for many of those items in U.S. dollars.

Volatility in both the price of crude oil and the exchange rate make fuel prices â&#x20AC;&#x153;very difficultâ&#x20AC;? for expert forecasters and the CTA to predict with a high level of accuracy, the agency said.

In the 4.8 per cent increase, the CTA said, 2.2 per cent is

based on the use of â&#x20AC;&#x153;actualâ&#x20AC;? preliminary data to replace last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forecasts of price changes, along with revised forecasts for 2016.

The CTA said its material price forecasting model last year â&#x20AC;&#x153;underestimatedâ&#x20AC;? the price change for railway materials, partly because the third-party forecasts it used for the Canada/U.S. exchange rate for 2015 and 2016 were too high.

Also, the CTA said, a weaker dollar increases the railwaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leased car costs, since lease rates are often negotiated in U.S. dollars.

Another 1.2 per cent is based on revised index weights, in turn based on the 2014 financial statements from CN and CP. The remaining 1.4 per cent increase is based on forecast price changes for â&#x20AC;&#x153;railway inputsâ&#x20AC;? for the 2016-17 crop year.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 5, 2016

More collaborative research model urged Input from more stakeholders would mean greater and faster innovation for the agriculture sector

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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t’s time for agriculture research to break out of its pipeline approach and look for new ideas wherever it can find them.

That means upending the old model where ‘good’ scientific research basically saw data go in, lab work happen, and eventually a new product come out. Now it’s time for that same research to accept potential users and customers — such as farmers — might have some valuable thoughts to share, according to one academic.

Agriculture research should consider these non-traditional viewpoints as well as consider a variety of end uses for final product or new knowledge, said Sandra Schillo, an assistant professor at Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa during the recent Agriculture Institute of Canada 2016 conference.

A research project “has to be open to inputs throughout the process,” she said during her keynote address “It has to reach both traditional and new markets and generate spinoff benefits.”

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Weekly canola crush hits yearly low

BY PHIL FRANZWARKENTIN CNS Canada

Canada’s weekly canola crush dropped sharply over the week ended April 27, but some of the decline is likely tied to an overstatement of what was processed the previous week.

The weekly canola crush came in at only 110,909 tonnes, which compares with 180,078 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association.

That level marks the lowest weekly crush in nearly a year, with the weekly crush capacity utilization level coming in at only 53.7 per cent — well below the 81.9 per cent year-to-date level.

“The week before was maybe overstated, and this week is understated,” said a canola broker, noting that the word in the trade was that there were likely some reporting errors made the previous week that were corrected in the latest data.

The two weeks combined average out, he added.

Crush margins have come down considerably over the past month, with the Canadian canola board margin reported by ICE Futures Canada losing over $20 per tonne.

Looking at the July canola contract, the margins were at $74 per tonne above the futures as of Friday, down by $13 on the week, and comparing with levels of $94 per tonne above the futures a month earlier.

Research has shaped modern agriculture in terms of the crop varieties that are grown and the farm practices of producers, she noted. “This doesn’t h a p p e n a u t o m a t i c a l l y,” s h e t o l d researchers at the conference. “Think up and down the food chain and all around it for ideas.”

Social benefits Governments have long supported agriculture research because of the social benefits it has given society, she said.

Generally government labs do basic research and the information gleaned from that work is used by university and private researchers to produce other innovations. Government labs should be working to maximize the public good and no one should be excluded from the research or the results.

One change that has to be understood is that a research project isn’t complete just because it generated new information or products. Now the project has to include dissemination of the knowledge gained to farmers and the food industry. As well, technology transfer to private companies can generate even more products.

She showed the delegates a graph of a research system which includes five groups — research organizations, support bodies, markets and consumers, enterprises and intermediary organizations. All play a role in the research projects and the ongoing sharing of its findings. In turn, these participants are all motivated by market forces, technology developments, social triggers and environmental influences.

Complex and changing She advocates shifting to an ‘open innovation’ approach in recognition of the complex and changing challenges within the agri-sector as it tries to produce more food sustainably with less impact on the environment. The collaboration required to make it effective is well within reach using the Internet and modern communications and allows the project to tap into expertise everywhere, she said.

At the same time, a more open, collaborative research system doesn’t mean the results are free, she added.

“You have to carefully manage the intellectual property flowing from the research,” she said.

Sandra Schillo, a management specialist from the University of Ottawa, says it’s time to listen to more viewpoints in agriculture research.

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Government research must be protected as much as possible to guard against misuse even if it’s openly available to other researchers.

She said the development of a national agriculture research policy undertaken by AIC will encourage informed decision-making and bring more innovation to Canadian agriculture.

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CROP REPORT

Warm, dry weather gets seeding off to a good start Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development crop report for May 2, 2016 Weekly Provincial Summary Favourable weather and field conditions have allowed seeding operations to get underway in many areas of Manitoba.

Provincially, it is estimated 10 per cent of the 2016 crop has been seeded. Most seeding progress is reported in the Southwest and Central Regions.

A range of soil moisture conditions exists across the province. There are localized areas throughout the regions still experiencing wet conditions and need continued warm, dry weather to dry out fields, with other areas noting drier topsoil conditions.

Winter cereal crops overwintered very well with crop conditions rated as good to excellent.

Pasture and hayfields have resumed growth.

Southwest Region Soil moisture levels are good and most crops have been seeded into moisture.

Seeding progress in the region is estimated at 10 per cent complete. Approximately 20 per cent of the wheat acres are seeded south of Highway No. 1, while north of Highway No. 1 producers are just starting their seeding operations with progress at less than 10 per cent complete. In areas north and south of Highway No. 1, an estimated 35 per cent of the pea acres have been planted.

Winter wheat and fall rye survived the winter with few issues and the crops are rated as good.

Weed growth has just started and some burn-off herbicide applications started on the weekend.

Hay land and pastures are starting to resume growth and some producers have been fertilizing. Dugouts are 70 to 80 per cent full.

Northwest Region There were light showers on May 1 through the northern parts of the Northwest Region.

Soil moisture conditions vary over the region with drier areas and localized ponding in Swan River and The Pas. Soil moisture is rated as adequate to good in the areas of Roblin, Dauphin and Ste. Rose.

Field operations have just begun in some fields in the southern part of the region, including pre-seed herbicides and fertilizer application. Some seeding of spring wheat has occurred. Weed and volunteer crop growth is negligible in most fields.

Cooler temperatures in April delayed forage growth. Light showers overnight and forecasted warmer temperatures this week will be of benefit to forages and pastures. Livestock water supplies are adequate.

Central Region In the Central Region, spring melt was early with run-off lower than normal following a winter of lower-than-normal snow accumulation. In April, a lengthy stretch of cold temperatures and rain delayed the anticipated early start to seed-

ing. Recent warmer temperatures allowed many producers in the region to start field activities. Rainfall accumulations in the past week have been minimal.

Seeding is estimated at 15 per cent of total acres complete, with progress ranging from just starting up to 40 to 50 per cent complete in a few local areas where conditions have allowed. Some producers have all their cereal crops seeded, while others are just getting started. Some corn, canola and sunflower acres have also been seeded, but overall acres are low. Some soybeans may be seeded this week, but soil conditions are still relatively cool. The majority of pea acres is seeded.

Many producers are being selective as to which fields are seeded as wet areas are common.

Progress is slower in the northwest part of the region.

We a t h e r f o re c a s t s f o r t h e coming week are good and should allow for rapid seeding progress across the region.

Excellent winter survival is noted in winter wheat and fall rye. Most fields are reported to be in good to excellent condition. Most fields have had nitrogen fertilizer applied.

Crop staging is up to the four leaves and tillering.

Winter annual and perennial weeds are growing, and some spring annual weed growth is reported. Minimal pre-seed burn-off has been done as producers focus on seeding.

Perennial forages, pastures and hayfields have new spring growth, but it has been slow due to cool temperatures.

L i ve s t o c k w a t e r s u p p l y i s adequate.

Eastern Region Only trace amounts of rainfall were noted across the Eastern Region last week. Soil temperatures in worked fields continued to rise throughout last week with peak daily temperatures at seeding depth approaching 10 C by the weekend. Soil temperatures on fields with heavier trash cover were lower.

Se e d i n g b e g a n ove r t h e weekend and is expected to become more general this week. Fields are drying up rapidly but wet areas are still prevalent with producers often choosing to wait rather than to drive around potholes or make ruts. Soil moisture conditions on cropland across the region are rated as adequate to surplus and varying substantially from field to field. Application of fertilizer in advance of seeding is occurring.

In the Eastern Region, seedi n g p ro g re s s i s e s t i m a t e d at less than five per cent.

Approximately two per cent of spring wheat, 10 per cent of field peas and five per cent of corn acres were planted by the end of last week.

The majority of winter wheat acres is rated in good to excellent condition.

Across the region, the majority of hay and pasture lands

is in good condition. Grass is starting to grow on pasture land. Some producers moved livestock to drier pastures. Wildlife (deer and geese) is causing some damage by grazing new seeded forage crops, as well as fall rye fields.

Availability of livestock water is adequate.

Interlake Region In the Interlake Region, cool temperatures with precipitation in the form of snow and rain in April slowed producers from getting onto the fields.

Seeding progress across the region is estimated at less than one per cent complete, with some seeding of peas and spring wheat reported in South Interlake around the Winnipeg area. With the weather forecast of rising temperatures, most producers are looking at starting seeding later in the week.

Currently, many producers are getting equipment ready as fields dry.

Winter cereals are rated in good condition. Progress of fertilizer application varies throughout the region.

T h e re h a s b e e n l i m i t e d growth on native and tame pastures so far this growing season as grasses and legumes are just breaking dormancy. Most hayfields and pastures are at or near field capacity for soil moisture.

Generally, there is less standing water on fields than in recent past springs due to less snowfall and a relatively slow spring melt.

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STAFF / Ma Bell is buying MTS. The former provincial phone utility announced May 2 it has entered an agreement with Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) that will see the national company purchase all outstanding Manitoba Telecom Services common shares in a deal valued at $3.9 billion.

The deal will pay shareholders $40 a share, a 23 per cent premium over the stock’s last valuation over the last 20 trading days.

BCE touted the deal as a winner for Manitobans, saying the company intends to invest $1 billion in the five years after the transaction closes to: • Make gigabit fibre Internet, increasing speed by twentyfold over today’s rates, within a year of the deal closing; • Expand the high-speed mobile LTE network and make improvements to double average download speeds; and • Provide access to the company’s Fibe TV platform.

Both companies were silent on what effect the move may have on rural telecommunications infrastructure, an area where MTS was seen as a leader.

George Cope, BCE’s president and CEO, also said Winnipeg will continue to be a significant node for the company, even if it will no longer be head office.

“As the headquarters for the western operations of BCE, Bell MTS will focus on delivering the benefits of new broadband communications infrastructure, ongoing technology development and enhanced community investment to Manitobans everywhere,” Cope said in a media release.

Others are already questioning whether the move will mean higher bills for Manitobans. In the past several years numerous surveys, including one for the CRTC telecommunications regulator, have shown Manitoba and Saskatchewan have had rates for wireless service, for example, that were about twothirds that of the other provinces. Analysts have attributed this to the increased competition from the regional players Sasktel and MTS. In a separate deal BCE will also be selling about one-third of MTS’s “postpaid” subscriber base and retail outlets to Telus.

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COLUMN

Anemic corn market showing signs of life Price improvements are coming despite anticipated large ending stocks for 2015-16 Rectangles David Drozd Market Outlook

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orn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade rallied to a nine-month high in April 2016. The 55-centper-bushel gain may have come as a surprise to some market participants, given USDA is forecasting global corn ending stocks to be record large in 2015-16.

However, there were signs the market had stopped going down, at least in the short term.

The first clue was the development of a two-week reversal, which is illustrated in the accompanying chart.

A short-covering rally quickly ensued amidst the bearish fundamentals. A short-covering rally kicks in when the shorts, futures traders who are expecting prices to go down, find prices strengthening. At first the shorts buy back their positions to protect profits and then to cut losses.

T h e m a r k e t a c c e l e ra t e d higher when buy stops were triggered above $3.74. This was an area of resistance on the weekly nearby corn futures chart that coincided with the upper boundary of a rectangular pattern. The lower boundary was defined by the horizontal line at $3.47.

Once prices exceeded $3.74, the market quickly rallied to $4.01, which was the objective derived by extending the rectangle’s 27-cent trading range beyond the breakout point.

In the majority of cases, rectangles prove to be continuation or sideways consolidation patterns in which prices having been in an obvious trend will pause for several weeks without making progress. The market may be digesting its advance or decline. Less than one-third of the time, this formation will evolve into a legitimate trend reversal. As a general rule, rectangles as reversal patterns are most likely to occur weeks after a downtrend. Thus, they form a bottom prior to the start of a new advance.

A rectangle formation consists of a trading range, which is bounded on both the top and bottom by hor izontal lines (see attached chart).

Within this range, the price fluctuations must for m at least two tops and bottoms.

Volume will normally taper off as the rectangle lengthens in time. The pattern reaches completion when the price exceeds either the upper or lower boundary.

The breakout from a rectangle is considered to be a reliable forecasting tool. A minimum measurement is determined by the vertical distance of the rectangle projected at the point of breakout.

Market psychology Since the rectangle basically outlines a trading range, the buying and selling which comprises this pattern denotes support and resistance levels within the current price trend.

In our example, a downtrend

Strong U.S. economy limits tree supply The lingering effects of the U.S. housing crisis could mean less trees to plant in Manitoba this spring STAFF

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anitobans hoping to plant trees this spring may be disappointed.

The demand for trees has increased as the U.S. economy recovers, but many of the tree producers were wiped out by the housing crisis, said Gerry Aubin, of Carman’s Aubin’s Nursery.

He’s predicting trees will be in short supply this year, including ash, linden, maple, oak and some fruit trees such as apple, plum and cherry.

“Everybody cut their inventory production by 30 per cent and that has continued,” Aubin said. “Plus, approximately 30 to 40 per cent of the tree growers in North America have gone bankrupt because of that U.S. housing crisis. Even though there wasn’t a housing crisis in Canada, we’re still connected economically.”

From 2009-13, there was a surplus and Americans were flooding the continental market with trees. Aubin said that the U.S. producers just had way

too much product and it was all coming north; Canadian products had no place to go.

“They were building a million houses a year in 2007 and all of a sudden they stopped building,” Aubin said. “Those trees had to go somewhere.”

With many of the producers out of business, the ones who are left are finding it difficult to catch up because of the long and difficult-to-predict production cycle. Unlike other agricultural crops, trees generally have a five- to six-year cycle.

Marci Bomford, owner of Brandon-based Patmore Nursery Sales, said she’s had to plan and order much further in advance than in the past.

Aubin said, however, that the positive news for established centres is that they will still have a fairly good selection of product because of their long-term relationship with suppliers.

While most garden centres try to source locally, there are very few producers of trees in all of North America, especially when it comes to shade trees, he said.

Corn weekly nearby Chart as of April 27, 2016

was in progress. The lower horizontal boundary begins to form due to profit-taking by shorts, which turns prices higher and attracts bargain hunters. The upper boundary represents a line of resistance where the supply of contracts for sale exceeds the demand, or buying of contracts.

Between these two extremes the market is in relative balance, with neither buyers nor sellers able to gain a lasting advantage.

Prices remain trendless for a time until either the buying at the upper boundary exceeds the selling, or the selling at the lower boundary exceeds

the buying. When either occurs the scales are tipped and prices break out of the formation.

When a rectangle develops in a downtrending market, one should realize that a breakout through the upper boundary not only cleans out the supply of contracts which had previously halted the advance, but it puts all shorts into a losing position. Similarly, in an uptrend, when prices break through the lower boundary of this formation all longs are placed on the defensive. To understand where on a chart the anxiety level of shorts or longs increases is very useful

for it is shortly thereafter that their contracts become fuel for the fire.

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.

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Featured Items: TracTors: 2009 MF 5455 Dyna 4, FWA, 3ph, 2600 Hrs, (at time of listing) Shuttle Shift, 540/1000 Pto, 3 Bank Hyd, Rear tires,18.4-34 tubeless, Front tires,14.9 R 24, Premium Unit • 1979 MF 2705,145 Hp, Std shift, Dual hyd, Rear tires 20.8-38,(good) • 1978 MF 1105,105 Hp, 3ph, Duals, Std shift, 8850 Hrs, Rear tires 16.9-38 • Coop Implements Volvo 650, Std shift, Rear tires 18.4-34 • Schwartz 780 Feed Wagon, with scale Trucks & EquIpmEnT: 2003 Challenger RB 56 Round Baler, 540 PTO, Great shape • JD 7000, 8 Row Corn Planter • Walinga Agri Vac • Allied,3Ph Snowblower • 1995 Jiffy Bale Processor • New Idea 3732 Manure Spreader, excellent condition • 1995 Blue Hills Livestock Trailer,16’ (new floor and repainted) • Coop Implements Tandem Disc • 8 Row Corn Cultivator • IH 620 Press Drills,28’ (with stone kickers) • IH Vibrashank, 18’Cultivator • IH Vibrashank, 26’, Cultivator (with mulchers) • 1978 IH Loadstar 1600 Grain Truck,62,377 Orig Miles,2 Spd Axle,4 Spd,Cancade 16’ Box, Steel Floor, Stock Racks, Drill Fill Plumbed, Good Runner (purchased new) • 1992 Ford F150 Supercab, Longbox, Std, 5 Spd, 277,000 Kms • 1975 GMC Tandem Grain Truck • JD Deep Tiller,14’ • Farm King Hyd Swing Auger • Westfield 7-41 Auger W/ New Motor • 8’ Single Auger • Hyd Pencil Auger • Hyd Drill Fill Auger • Farm King Pencil Auger 6-25,electric • Case 5 Bottom Plow • 3Ph Hay Rake • Heavy duty built steel hay trailer • Leon 3ph blade • Agric AFMJ70, 3ph Rototiller • IH Loadstar, for parts caTTlE EquIpmEnT: Schwartz 780 Feed Wagon, with scale • (2) Lewis Cattle Oilers • (2) Mineral Feeders • Grain Feeder, on wheels • Drive Over Texas Gate • (2) Portable Calf Shelters • Feed Troughs, various sizes • 30’ Panels • (4) 30’ Oil Pipe Silage Bunk Feeders • Steel Panels (various sizes) • Round Bale Feeders • (4) Calf Round Bale Feeders • Calf Puller • Water Tank • 7 L Calf Squeeze (no scale) • Grain Roller • Real Industries crowding tub GraIn BIns: 600 Bushel Hopper • Westeel 1350 Bushel Bin • (4) Wood Granaries mIsc: (2) Westeel Fuel Tanks, 2273 litres, pump & meters • portable tarp shed for 1/2 ton truck shop: • Metal Band Saw • Metal Press • Battery Charger • Metal Chop Saw • Drill Press • Bottle Jacks • Shelving • Generator • New 13 Hp Engine • Jack All Farm Jack • Comet Welder • Misc Hand Tools • Air Hose • Power Cords • Floor Jack • Power Tools • Grease & Lubricants • Parts Washer • Acetylene torches

PLEASE VIEW WEBSITE www.lamportanddowler.com FOR LISTING AND PICTURES! auctionEEr’S notE Please join us for this sale of well maintained equipment.

Don and Olive were well known farmers/cattle producers in the area. See you at the sale!!

www.lamportanddowler.com John Lamport 204-383-5711/204-841-4136 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake MEYERS CONSIGNMENT AUCTION 10:00am Sat., May 14th, 2016. McCREARY, MB in the rink partial list below, more to come. COLEMAN SUN VALLEY TENT TRAILER, LIKE NEW; POLARIS 500 SPORTSMAN QUAD LOW KMS TROYBILT 30-IN RIDE ON MOWER, VG; CRAFTSMAN 110/30 IN SNOW BLOWER LIKE NEW ELEC START; 1 SNAP ON MT 3750 BATT/ALT TESTER; 2 FLOR LITES 8-FT.; FISHING NET NEW HOSE REEL; NEW ACT/OXYGEN HOSES; 12-FT. NEW BANNISTER RAIL; FISHING ROD HOLDER; RIGID 18V CORDLESS SET; SKIL SAW DRILL IMPACT DRIVER RECIPROCATING SAW W/2 NEW BATTERIES, CHARGER NEEDS REPAIR; YARD WORKS 110V LEAF BLOWER; KNIFE FOR JD MOWER; NEW 3/4 FUEL NOZZLE; C C M BIKE; QUAD HARROWS; QUAD SPRAYER; 5.5-HP PRESSURE WASHER, LIKE NEW; PORTABLE AIR TANKS; PAIR BOAT PADDLES; 3/4-IN. SOCKET SET TO 2-IN. CONTRACTOR HEATER; CRAFTSMAN CHAIN SAW; FERT & GRASS SEEDER; WELDING MASKS 2,500-LB QUAD WINCH NW/ FITTINGS; 5 DRAWER TOOL BOX W/SOME TOOLS; JACKALL, FLOOR JACK LOGGING CHAINS; 12V AIR COMPRESSOR MILLER DETROIT CARB FLOAT GAUGE SET; COMEALONG; GREASE GUNS & FUNNELS; SET WOODEN CAR RAMPS; SIDE GRINDER; SAW HORSES; 3 TORQUE WRENCHE; POWER PAINTER; LGE QTY BBQ BRICKS; 2 PCS 2X2 SQ TUBING 8-FT. LONG; TRAILER TYPE ATV SPRAYER; 2 COMPLETE WINE MAKING EQUIP; QTY SHOP HAND TOOLS, DRILLS ETC; KITCHEN TABLE & 4 CHAIRS, EXTRA CHAIRS; BDRM SUITE BED FRAME, CHINA CABINET; 15-FT. FREEZER APT SIZE FREEZER; TV STAND; WOOD SHELVING UNIT, FLOWER STANDS; ZENITH DRYER; TWIN BED FRAME; LAMPS; DOUBLE BED W/HEADBOARD & MATCHING DRESSER; COUCH & CHAIR, COFFEE TABLES, NITE STANDS, BISTRO TABLE 2 CHAIRS; BBQ; HUTCH; ANTIQUE TALL WARDROBE, CORNER SHELVING; SMALL ELEC HEATER; MICROWAVE; PICS; DISHES; ORNAMENTS; KNICK KNACKS; GARDEN TOOLS; FLOWER POTS & LAWN ORNAMENTS; BOOK SHELF; WOOD & METAL PLANT STANDS; SINGER SEWING MACHINE; 7 CHEST NDRAWERS; 4 CHEST DRAWERS; STERO RECORD PLAYER W/SPEAKERS; 6 DRAWER DRESSER W/MIRROR; MAGAZINE RACK CHROME TABLE; IMITATION FIRE PLACE. TO CONSIGN CALL Bradley Meyers, Auctioneer (204)476-6262 or Don Fletcher, Auctioneer (204)835-2809 www.meyersauctions.com Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

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Lac Du Bonnet, MB North 1 Mile on Hwy 11 then East on Hwy 313, 6 Miles #3270 Contact (204)-340-6201

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Altona

Steinbach

JD 955 MFWA Hyd FEL Snowblower & Mower 1070 Hrs Exc Cond * 3PH Equip * Yard Items * Large Amt Tools * 20 Guns All Exc Cond Never Fired * Snowmobile * 2 Gibson Guitars * Gibson Amp & More Instruments * Antiques * Household * Rest Equip *

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

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Betty Kondratiuk (Late Adolph)

Sunday, May 8th @ 10:00 am Beausejour, MB Contact: (204) 265-3302

Ford 7600 Dsl 3PH FEL 7000 Hrs * NH TR70 Combine * Case DC4 Tractor * Medium Size Equip * Truck Storage Container * Snowmobile * Honda 3 Wheeler * JD Potato Digger * Antique Equip * Red Wing Butter Churn * Pop Metal Signs * Oil Cans * Tools * Yard Items * Farm Misc * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY MAY 7th 10:00 AM

Live Internet Bidding

Location: 218 Brandt Street, Steinbach, Manitoba PARTIAL LISTING: Haying & Tillage Equipment * Tractors * New Skid Steer Attachments Including Trenchers & Stump Grinders * 3 PTH Attachments * Genie Articulating Boom Lifts * Cars * Trucks * Industrial Tools (Tire Changers * Auto Hoists * 50 & 75 Ton Shop Presses * Yard Equipment Including Pull Behind ATV Sprayers * Walk Behind Stump Grinders & Pull Type Chipper/Shredders w/ Honda Engines * Hot Water Skid Pressure Washers & MUCH MORE!!

LAND & EQUIPMENT AUCTION HAROLD BRENNER ESTATE SATURDAY MAY 14th 10:00 AM

Location: From La Broquerie, MB 3 Miles East on 210 Then 5.5 Miles South on Gagnon Rd 44E, Driveway #27091 UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE: 80 Acres w/ Shed, Well, Livestock Loose Housing, Out Buildings * 80 Acres Pasture & Bush Land EQUIPMENT PARTIAL LIST: (2) MF 175 Diesel Tractors w/ Loader, 3pth*NH 660 Round Baler, Autowrap * 9ft JD Disk Mower * 30ft Round Bale Trailer * 18ft MF Tandem Disk * Large Selection Of Horse Drawn Equipment & Tack including Harness * Good Selection Of Shop Tools & Yard Equipment PLUS MUCH MORE!!

FARM EQUIPMENT & LAND AUCTION – WOODMORE SATURDAY MAY 28th 10:00 AM Location: Woodmore, MB REAL ESATE: 160 Acres w/ House, Shop, Fenced, 40 Acres Open EQUIPMENT: 2955 John Deere Diesel, FWA, Loader, 3 PTH PLUS MUCH MORE!! FULL LISTING WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE SHORTLY.

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ACREAGE AUCTION PLUS TOOLS Tracy Hunter (Late Tim)

Sunday, May 15th @ 11:00 am Balmoral, MB East 2 Miles on Hwy 236 Then North 2 1/8 Miles on Rd 7E #86119 Contact: (204) 467-5161

Recreation (Some Vintage): 06 Yamaha Kodiak 350 cc 4 x 4, 3840 Km * 87 Yamaha Venture 1300cc Street Bike * 83 Yamaha Maxim 650 cc Street Bike * 1972 Hodaka 125 cc Dirt Bike * 70's Husqvarna 200 cc Dirt Bike S# ML19193 * 70's Bombardier 50 cc Moped * 98 Polaris XC Indy 700 Snowmobile * 99 Polaris Indy Trail 500 Snowmobile * OH Slide in Camper * Snow Blade for Quad * Tour Bags * Helmuts * Portable 4 Person Hot Tub * Camping * Hunting Items * Vehicles & Trailers: 04 H & H BH 16' Tandem Enclosed Trailer * 99 GMC Sierra Ext Cab Dsl 4 x 4 2500 295,000 KM * 96 Chev Ext Cab A/T 4 x 4 1500 * 78 Triumph 2 Dr Car * Utility Trailers * Tractor & Yard: J.D. 4020 Cab Shift w J.D. Fel * 3PH 6' Sprayer * Crafts 25 HP R Mower * Merry Tiller * Stihl Weedeater/Tiller/Blower * Yard Works 24" Gas Hedge Trimmer * Stihl Chain Saws Snap On & Mac Tools: Upright Air Comp * Tool Cabinet * 1/2 " Impact * Die Grinder * On 3/8" 1/2" Impact * Air Chisels * Tools: Gas Pressure Washer * AC/DC Welder * Drill Press * Dust Collector System * Shop Smith * Band Saw * Sand Blasting Cabinet * Power Tools *Air Tools * Tap & Die * Hand Tools * Specialty Tools * Calipher * Gear Puller * Wrenches * Socket Sets * Antiques: Harley Davidson Horn *Saddle Bags * Brass Auto Horn * Wood Index Cabinet * Coal Oil Lamps * Misc: 3) Western Saddles 1) Kenway 16" * Driving Harness * Horse Grooming * Electric Fencer * Motorcycle Jack * 12 Volt 8000lb Winch * Motorcycle Parts * Tires * Some Lumber * Home Repair Items * 50) 7' Treated Fence Posts * Egg Incubat * Metal Gun Case * Household: Deep Freeze * Kitchen Tables * LR Suite * Schubert Piano * 4 Pc Wicker Sun Room Set * Air Hockey Game * Plus Lots More Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

LEN DON EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 14, 10 AM WINNIPEG, MB Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Len Don ltd. have been in cemetery maintenance for many years and are retiring and selling their fine line of well maintained machinery and smaller tools.

• 2008 New Holland Model B95B FWA, Back hoe extend boom, front mount loader 8 ft bucket Shuttle shift, 2385 one owner hrs, serial #N86HI8571 • 2007 NEW Holland B95 Extenda hoe, with front end loader, FWA 4193 hrs, Excellent rubber serial #031064529 • Other tractors, Ford 4600, Case IH 4230, Kubota L2850, 3 JD F-925 mowers • Kubota F-2560 mower, 4 pickup trucks one box and hoist, trailers etc.

20158 NAVIN ROAD, AND MURDOCK THIS IS APROX 1 MILE INTO THE PERIMETER FROM EAST SIDE ON HWY #1 FERMOR

See our website www.billklassen.com for full listing and pictures.

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Birch River

Arden, Manitoba at 10:00 AM

Directions: From Hwy #16, North 4 miles on Hwy #352 (just north of Arden), west 1.25 miles on Rd 87N. Farm on south side. Watch for signs.

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

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

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

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

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FARM RETIREMENT & CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SATURDAY JUNE 18th 10:00 AM

Live Internet Bidding

Location: 218 Brandt Street, Steinbach, Manitoba PARTIAL LISTING: 2014 JD 6190R w/ Loader, Cab, 3 PTH, 700hrs * JD 8640 4WD Tractor, Dual Hyd * Wishek 842-N Tandem Disc * Large Bale Wagon*18ft Cultivator w/ Valmar 1600 Air Seeder * New Holland DuraVee 1428 14 Wheel Rake * JD 946 Mower Conditioner * 2014 New Holland Discbine, Cars, Trucks, Boats, Shop Tools, Yard Equipment PLUS MUCH MORE!! Note: This will be a large sale. To Consign Call Early as we will fill up quickly.

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.7529 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

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ALLAN & VALERIE HERPERGER AUCTION Sat., May 14th, 2016. 10:00am .05-MI E OF STOCKHOLM ON HWY 9 (NORTH SIDE OF HWY) STOCKHOLM, SK. CONTACT: (306)793-2909.

MACHINERY- TRACTORS: 1982 Deutz DX 160 Tractor cab, air, dual hyd, 20.8x38 duals, 6,290-hrs, nice; 1975 995 David Brown Tractor DSL, 3-PTH, dual hyd, 18.4x30 titan tires, w/FEL; COMBINE: 1981 Gleaner L2 DSL Combine cab, air, 12-ft. 6 belt PU, chaff spreader, new battery, nice; 1985 24ft. Gleaner straight cut header; SWATHER: Vers 4400 22-ft. SP Swather cab, air, new battery, Macdon PU reel & stnd reels, nice; TRUCKS: 1978 GMC Tandem Gravel Truck 5x4 trans, air brakes, 14-ft. box, hoist, w/end gate & side extensions; 1976 Chev C65 Tandem Truck cab & chassey, air brakes, 5x4 trans, not running; AUGERS: 1995 Westfield MK100 51-ft. Swing-a-way auger; 1991 Secundiak 7x45 Auger w/16-HP ES Kohler; 1980 Brandt Auger 7x45 auger w/18-HP Honda; 30-ft. scoop a second grain auger; SPRAYER: AgShield 60-ft. PT Sprayer shielded booms; Blumhardt 800gal tank (Can be used as Tow Between Fertilizer wagon), Micro Trak MT3000 Auto-rate control, Trak Star ultrasonic SPD sensor, Wilger Nozzle flow monitor, Hypro hyd pump c/w hyd flow control, 2 booms sections c/w 3rd solenoid, 18.4x26 tires, Hand wash tank; HARROWS: Flexicoil 50-ft. harrow bar w/sprayer tank; MISC EQUIP: Blanchard 7ft. swath roller; Valmar 4400 tank; Right way 10-ft. stone rake for FEL; 8-ft. leons dozer blade; Degelman stone picker, clutch; REC & YARD: 1978 Prowler Regal camper trailer 28-ft., A/C, heater, good rubber; Case 446 Garden tractor mower, blower, tiller; Deutz front mount mower 16-HP, 48in.; Ford R8 32-in. 8-HP Riding Mower; 2 push mowers. Plus antiques, shop, tires, building materials, woodworking, household & misc. NOTE: Allan has quit farming & selling all his equip. Online Bidding 1:00PM. Visit www.ukranitezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585

LARRY & ESTATE OF MARLENE DYKY AUCTION Sun., May 15th, 2016. 9:30am ADJACENT TO SOUTH SIDE OF HAZEL DELL. HAZEL DELL, SK. Contact: (306)547-4241, cell (306)614-9024 “ACREAGE CLEAN UP” ACREAGE EQUIP: *2013 Kubota L3800 FWA, hydro, 3 cyl, DSL, 3-PTH w/Kubota LA524 FEL, 81-hours, mint* Kubota 6-ft.

3-pt. rotor tiller, mint; IHC Farmall M gas, excellent; Yamaha 500 moose tracker, 4x4, quad, winch, 1,600-hrs, real nice; 2002 GMC 7500 26-ft. cargo van cat DSL Allison auto 300,000-km, nice; 1989 GMC 18-ft. cargo van on propane 360 5-SPD stnd; 53-ft. cargo storage van w/ or w/o 100-ft. of heavy duty shelving; 18-ft. car hauler trailer; Poulan 17.5-HP riding lawn mower HYDRO; JD 140 48-in.’ riding lawn mower; 2010 Buick Lacrosse 4 cyl, fully loaded, auto, low km new rubber; 2006 Chev Denali, 4x4, 4 door crew cab 6L, 108,000-km full load excellent; Factory 3PH cultivator; 2-yd poles w/40 & 60 bird houses. Including large quantity of shop items, misc carpentry tools, antiques & household.

NOTE: Larry sold the acreage he has been a welder, fabricator by trade. There is enormous amount of shop & shop related items. Kubota items are mint. Visit www.ukranitezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 2009 FORD F350 LARIAT, Super Duty Crew Cab, 4x4, 6.4 PWR stroke DSL, w/DTF taken out, moon roof, heated seats, factory remote back-up camera, many more options, asking $20,000. For more info Gilles (204)510-3483, La Salle, MB.

BEEKEEPING BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment BEEHIVES & NUCS FOR sale. Phone Roger (204)434-6918.

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various

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

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.

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 Nate: (204)280-1202 or Norcan Seeds (204)372-6552

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937

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 Dryers

• Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

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

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER manufacturers of grain dryers w/fully automatic moisture & drying control systems. Updates for IBEC/Vertec & roof, tiers, burners, auto moisture controller. Used dryer is available. 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com

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

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

ROLLWORKS

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Decker Colony, Decker MB

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums

FARM MACHINERY Irrigation Equipment 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.

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

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29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding.

16 colours to choose from.

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2 Multi-coloured millends.........50¢/ft.2 B-Gr 30 gu Galv. barn master available in 12ft sheets.......... 49¢/ft.2 BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

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

Website: www.postframebuilding.com CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Hotel for sale in Rural MB. The Sandy Lake Hotel is an established turn key business located in Sandy Lake, MB. (204)585-2600 slh1@mymts.net

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BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

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

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For assistance and compensation call

www.fyfeparts.com 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.

WANTED: AN ATOM JET kit to fit a Versatile 895; Also 20.8x38 tires on JD rims, 16 lug; Also Complete engine to fit IH 4186 tractor, must be in good condition; Also Deutz engine to fit 100-06 tractor in good condition. (204)655-3458.

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.

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

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

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work STAN’S MOBILE REPAIR & Welding. CWB Certified Welding, Structural Welding, Welding Repairs to Grain Bins & Mechanical Repairs to Grain Systems. Contact Stan Cornelsen (204)612-7191 or stancornelsen@gmail.com Morris, MB.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

HUTCHMASTER 24-FT. DOT TANDEM disc, $2,000; Wilrich 28-ft. cultivator, $500; Doall 300-bu. manure spreader, $450; JD 4-ft. 105 gyro mower to fit JD M tractor, $500. (204)385-2877 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: FRONT END LOADER to fit 400 John Deere garden tractor or 420 John Deere. Call (204) 222-5479 after 6 pm.

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment CASE IH 8455 ROUND baler, PU recently rebuilt, numerous spare parts, $4,200.

Phone (204)467-5093 HESSTON 4925 ACCUMULATOR MINOR fire damage; JD 535 round all options rotation tires as new; NH 495 High River AB (403)938-3888

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TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various DUPLEX 15-FT. DISCERS LATEST CI model 1001 good condition, easy transport, large capacity seed/fertilizer box, asking $1,000. (204)392-4023

TracTors TRACTORS Case/IH CASE 2096 TRACTOR, CUMMINS engine, new rubber, very good, $13,000 OBO; JD Gator, 6 wheeler, very good, $3,500 OBO. Jack Pawich (204)827-2162, Glenboro.

TRACTORS John Deere 2001 JD 9400 4W 425HP 24-Spd difflock 4 HD with return line auto steer, weight package 710 by 42 duals. This is a one owner well maintained tractor with 3820 original hrs. Recent green light Notredame (204)248-2364 Cell (204)723-5000 $13,900 OBO 8300 MFWD, DUALS 18.4X46, 3-PTH, quick coupler, 3 hyds. Motor, trans, paint all in VGC! Retiring call for details Jim (204)745-8007 or (204)745-3543.

COMBINES John Deere

JD 2950 2WD W/LOADER & cab, 3-PTH, very good 18.4x38 tires, 7,200-hrs, 85-HP, c/w quick detach bucket & bale fork, tractor runs & looks excellent, asking $28,000 OBO. (204)825-8340 or (204)825-2799

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.

JD 4840, FACTORY DUALS, pwr-shift, PTO, $22,500; JD 4240, 3-PT, pwr-shift, good running, $22,500. Phone (204)746-2016, Morris MB.

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 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. 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.

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

Call:(204)837-1553.

TRACTORS Kubota FOR SALE: 2014 KUBOTA TRACTOR L3560 HST, w/cab, air, radio, block heater, hydrostatic transmission & industrial tires. Very low hrs, 105-hrs, regularly serviced, asking $30,000; Attachments for tractor include: 2014 L4479-GL60 (74-in) front snowblower used 3 last winters to clear farmyard, asking $3,000; 2014 FarmKing 6-ft rotary mower w/3-PT model 620, asking $1,500; Bought in 2015, Kubota front loader, model LA555, asking $3,000; Prefer to sell tractor & 3 attachments together, always shedded, all VGC, must see! Total Package $37,000. lpayette@goinet.ca Call (204)836-2293.

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

TRACTORS New Holland 2004 TM120 MFD, CAB, air, pwr-shift trans, left hand reverse, 3-PTH, 4,600-hrs, quick attack loader, 65-hrs on new engine, $45,000 or trade for hay.

Phone (204)730-3139.

BARE TRUCK FRAME W/axles & 6 good tires.

Would make into good bale trailer $975. 6-FT bucket w/teeth for bales, $295. Tumble bug scraper handy dirt mover to pull behind tractor $450. Roy (204)385-2685.

94 8970 16-SPD, 7,000-HRS, super steer, 3-PTH, $50,000 or trade for hay. Phone (204)730-3139

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.

F-21 FARMHAND LOADER W/DOZER blade & manure fork, $950; Mobile home axles, springs & tires near new, $195 each. (204)385-2685, Gladstone.

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

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

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.

Tillage & Seeding

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

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

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.

BRAND NEW RWD HYD thumb, for 200 size excavator, $7,500. Call Claude (204)250-2523

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

GRAIN CLEANERS GJESDAL MIDSIZE 5in1 roatery seed cleaner trailer mounted capacity 20-70 bushel per hour $7000 or best offer. Phone evenings (204)367-8807

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TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various FOR SALE: 42-FT, MODEL 7200 Case IH hoe drill, factory transport & carbides, good condition.

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(204)425-3884 MF 88 GAS TRACTOR w/easy on 100 front end loader, new rear tires. PTO Ford industrial tractor large loader gas new rear tires.16FT heavy duty cultivator cockshutt with ram. Offers (780)919-9985

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1 PB CHAR 2-yr old bulls for sale, good dispositions, $4,000. Phone (204)843-2917, Amaranth, MB.

May 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st

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

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.

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POLLED PEDIGREED SALERS BULLS on farm.

Red or Black. High performance herd, semen tested & guaranteed. Can arrange delivery. Ken Sweetland, Lundar, MB www.sweetlandsalers.com (204)762-5512.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

Monday, May 9th at 12:00 Noon

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

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Bred Cow Sale

PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 1 1/2-yr olds & yearlings, White & Red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. R&G McDonald Livestock.

(204)466-2883, (204)724-2811.

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

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.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 20 RED & BLACK Angus 2 yr old bulls moderate birth weights. Will semen test & deliver when you need them. Phone (204)278-3372, Inwood, Mb. Battle Lake Farm has Black & Red yearling PB Angus bulls for sale. Semen tested and EPD’s Available.

(204) 834-2202 FOR SALE: RED & Black yearling & 2-yr old Angus bulls, will semen test, delivery available, call Wayne (204)383-5802 or (204)383-0100.

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 2 REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS yearling bulls.

Good tempered. Sire gained 4.18-lbs per day at Douglas Test. Dams have good udders. Working stock. Free delivery 75-mi. Birth weights 78 & 73lbs. $3200/each. Les Case (204)428-3625 Portage.

BLACK ANGUS BULLS YEARLINGS & Long Yearlings, some Heifer Bulls, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus BLACK HAWK ANGUS HAS several registered Angus yearling bulls for sale as well as a few 2-yr olds. We concentrate on calving ease in our bulls & have added herd sires to kick up the performance as well. Bulls are hand-fed & performance tested, bulls are semen tested & delivery can be arranged when you need them. Birth, weaning, & yearling weights are available on all bulls. Call (204)529-2605 or Call/text (204)245-1110.

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: BLACK ANGUS replacement heifers, 300 to choose from, call (204)937-3719, Roblin.

FOR SALE: SPEED EFFICIENCY tested Angus bulls. Only top cut selected from over 400 cows.

Blue Gentian Angus. Norman Bednar (204)380 -2551.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Dairy X BRED DAIRY COWS from grazing herd Jersey, Fleckvieh, Milking Shorthorn, Dutch Bett. Anything but pure Holstein, various ages, 18 fresh in March, more due in April, $1350ish. (204)378-2307

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Gelbvieh YEARLING & 2-YR OLD bulls for sale, also mature herd sire with proven calving ease, bulls semen tested, in the 90%. Phone Wayne (306)793-4568, Stockholm SK.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford

ATTENTION GRADUATES: SHORTHORN BREEDERS of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin Cattle Growers Education Fund Award until June 1st, 2016. Contact: Susan Armbruster PO Box 597 Rossburn, MB R0J 1B0. Phone & Fax: (204)859-2088. Email:shorthornsue@gmail.com SHORTHORN BULLS, COMING 2-YR old, 1 white, 1 red, low birth weights, quiet. For more info call (204)365-0066, Darcy Purdy, Shoal Lake.

YEARLING & 2-YR OLD Shorthorn bulls, Roan & Red. Orville Renwick (204)522-8686, Melita.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental 3 YR OLD RED Polled Simm herdsire; 2 yr old & yearling bulls; Also 4 Fullblood cows/heifer calves.

Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)867-2203, Minnedosa.

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.

RED AND BLACK YEARLING Simmental bulls for sale. All moderate birth weights. Semen tested. Will deliver. Call Mike (204)745-8750.

TOBACCO CREEK CATTLE CO has one Anchor T Legend 7h xLFE Justified 7328x bull for sale birth weight 93-lbs, weaning 831-lbs, yearling weight 1284-lbs, average daily gains 4-lbs per day (204)435-2545

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Speckle Park SPECKLE PARK BULL, COMING 2-yr old, very quiet, semen tested. Phone (204)365-0066, Darcy Purdy, Shoal Lake.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

N7 STOCK FARM IS once again offering entire Bull pen by Private Treaty on farm. We have yearling Black Angus from some of the leading AI Sires as well from our own walking AI Sired bulls. Semen tested and ready to go. Delivery available. Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128 Crandall, MB.

20 OPEN DE-HORNED YEARLING Hereford heifers. Call (306)743-5105, Langenburg SK. See www.vcherefordfarm.com

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale: Yearling & 2-yr old bulls. For more info call (204)375-6658, cell (204)383-0703.

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

60 Open Replacement Heifers. Fancy Red & Black Limousin cross. Home raised, full herd health program & no implants. Call Ed (204)365-0824 eddarr@mymts.net

POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS. Vern Kartanson, Phone: (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315.

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

TOBACCO CREEK CATTLE CO has 1 Connelly Thunder bull for sale birth weight 102-lbs, weaning weight 823-lbs, yearling weight 1249-lbs, average daily gain 4.04-lbs. (204)435-2545

FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

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.

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LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale CLUCK & QUACK POULTRY CLUB Annual Spring Auction. Poultry, small animals & equipment.

May 7, 2016 Commencing 12:00 Noon. CPTC Grounds off Hwy 302, South of Beausejour. Also see road signage. Consignment only, limited entries. Contact:(204)467-8654.

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.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE DRILL FILL AND FERTILIZER tank for sale.

(204)966-3240 (204)476-6769 FOR SALE 26FT JD auto 100 field cultivator w/ harrels $1,200 OBO; 24ft IHC model 645 w/ harrels. $1,000 OBO; 30ft coil packers $1,400 OBO; 60ft Morris Pine harrels auto fold $1200 OBO; Easy on model 100 front end loader & fits onto a JD 40. $1600 OBO. JD GT 235 GARDEN Tractor, 18HP BS engine, 48in mower deck, shedded, hydrostatic drive; Coop 204, 807 DT shank assemblies; Solid steel cattle loading ramp (204)386-2412

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

PERSONAL LATE 40’S FARMER SEEKS single, separated or divorced female for dating/long-term relationship, kids welcome. Reply to Ad# 1024, c/o Manitoba Cooperator, Box 9800, Station Main, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7.

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High pressure to bring warm, dry weather Issued: Monday, May 2, 2016 · Covering: May 4– May 11, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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s forecast last week, our weather pattern has undergone an expected shift, as high pressure continues to build over our region.

With this building ridge it looks like winter is going to be firmly locked away well to our north, and we’ll start to feel some summer-like heat moving in.

This forecast period begins with a large sprawling ridge of high pressure stretching from Alberta down into the southern U.S. This ridge will continue to bring us sunny s k i e s a n d w a r m t e m p e ra tures under strong late-spring sunshine. By Thursday, we’ll see an area of low pressure form to our north and west.

Southerly winds ahead of this system will help push temperatures into the upper 20s, with even a few +30 C readings possible on Thursday or Friday. There is a good chance we’ll see some clouds with a few showers or thundershow-

ers late Friday as the western low pushes through, but accumulations look to be very small, if any. There will be a slight cool-down behind the low, but it will only be temporary as warm high pressure builds back in by Sunday.

This high, combined with an area of low pressure crossing Northern Canada early next week, will bring us more d r y a n d m i l d we a t h e r f o r the first half of next week.

Daytime highs are expected to be in the mid-20s and overnight lows in the high single d i g i t s. T h e w e a t h e r m o d els show a cold front sliding down behind the northern low sometime late Tuesday or during the day Wednesday.

This front looks to be dry, but it will bring us more seasonal temperatures during the latter half of next week.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, +9 to +24 C; lows, -2 to +7 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 1, 2016 to April 28, 2016

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

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

Copyright © 2016 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 04/29/16 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the first 28 days of this year’s growing season. A large part of Alberta and Saskatchewan has had a dry start to the growing season. In contrast, southeastern Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan and much of central and eastern Manitoba have been much wetter.

April cooler and wetter than average Mid-range weather models show warm and dry conditions dominating through mid-May

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

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nother month has come and gone, which means it’s time to take our monthly weather look back and glance forward. As most of us have already figured out, April 2016 was not the warmest of months, but it wasn’t the coolest either.

The month began on a cool note, with daytime highs struggling on the first couple of days to make it to -5 C and overnight lows in the -10 to -15 C range. We then saw slightly warmer temperatures move in, but it took until the middle of the month for us to see daytime highs make it to about +10 C. For the second half of the month we saw a bit of a seesaw in temperatures, with a repeating pattern of a few mild days followed by a few cooler days. While daytime highs were not that warm (most days struggled to make it to seasonal averages), overnight lows were relatively mild. For the most part, most regions only saw a few days during the second half of April that had overnight lows below 0 C. When all the weather data for April was added up, it turns out all three of our main regions reported belowaverage temperatures. This is the first below-average month since August in Winnipeg, and since last May in both Brandon and Dauphin. The mean monthly temperature for Winnipeg in April was +3.5 C, which was about 1 C below the long-term average. Brandon

This is the first below-average month since August in Winnipeg, and since last May in both Brandon and Dauphin.

also reported a mean monthly temperature 1 C below its long-term average, with a reading of +3.0 C. Dauphin was the cold spot in April, with a mean monthly temperature of +2.0 C, which was 1.6 C below average.

Along with being a slightly colder-than-average month, April was also wetter than average. Both the Brandon and Dauphin regions reported about 35 mm of precipitation during the month, about five to 10 mm above average. Farther east in the Winnipeg region it was even wetter. Winnipeg recorded about 55 mm of precipitation in April, about 25 mm above the long-term average for the month. Most of the precipitation in April came from a storm system that affected a large part of central and eastern Manitoba on April 14 and 15.

Who called it?

Looking back at the different predictions for April, it would appear none of the long-range weather forecasts were correct. All of the forecasts called for near-average temperatures, but if I had to give the nod to one of the forecasts, it would be to Environment

Canada, which had forecast colderthan-average conditions just to our north. On the precipitation side of things, all of the forecasts, except for one, called for near-average amounts.

Only the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac had any indication that it might be a wetter-than-average month as it called for several periods of unsettled weather during April.

Now, on to May and June’s forecast.

According to Environment Canada it looks like we’ll have a better-thanaverage chance of seeing above-average temperatures during May, with western regions being the warmest.

This warm weather looks like it will continue into June, with nearly all of Canada forecast to see warmerthan-average conditions. As for rainfall, it calls for near-average amounts, with far western regions having the best chance of seeing above-average amounts in both May and June.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for warmer-than-average temperatures in May along with below-average amounts of rain. This is then followed by a cooler-than-average June along with above-average amounts of

rain. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac appears to call for near- to aboveaverage temperatures in May as it mentions pleasant and fair weather during the first half of the month, then some hot weather near the end of the month. Precipitation also looks like it will be near to above average as it mentions unsettled and thundery weather several times during the month. June’s forecast is a little tougher to figure out as it only mentions hot weather for a week in the middle of June; otherwise there is no mention of temperatures. So, I am going to go with near- to aboveaverage temperatures. For its precipitation forecast I am going to go with near-average amounts as it mentions the chance for thunderstorms several times during the month.

Last but not least, my forecast. I am calling for above-average temperatures in May along with below-average amounts of rain. Current midrange weather models show fairly warm and dry conditions dominating our weather right through to the third week of May. While the current weather pattern is just starting to get established, I think there is a pretty good chance that we’ll see it take hold for the most part, which means the warm/hot weather will continue into June. In fact, some long-range weather models hint at the possibility of an extremely hot summer over a large part of central North America, but as usual, we’ll have to wait and see just what Mother Nature has in store for us.

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Oklahoma right to farm vote pits farmers’ rights against pollution fears A proposed measure seeks to place right to farm in the state constitution

A cornfield is seen in DeWitt, Iowa July 12, 2012. Oklahoma voters will be asked a simple question in the November election of whether they back a “right to farm” being enshrined in the state’s constitution.

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n Oklahoma “r ight to far m” measure is either about protecting a fundamental r ight of Americans to farm their land or shielding big business, polluters and puppy mills, depending on who you talk to.

The proposal would declare agriculture as a vital economic sector that must be safeguarded by the state constitution and is dividing voters ahead of a November ballot. It’s also seen as a bellwether for similar amendments in other states.

“All eyes are on Oklahoma,” said Joe Maxwell, political director for the Humane Society Legislative Fund, which opposes the proposal. “If we win here and defeat it, we throw cold water on a very hot fire.”

The language in Oklahoma’s proposed amendment may seem innocuous and tug at America’s rural heartstrings, but critics like Maxwell contend it is a Trojan horse for agriculture companies and could lead to environmental devastation.

By placing a right to farm in the state constitution, critics say the provision could supersede state rules on items such as pesticides, pollution and livestock treatment, letting big industrial-

“Agriculture deserves extra protection so our farmers and ranchers can continue to produce affordable, abundant food.”

Michael Kelsey Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association

ized farms sow destruction and trample smaller family farms that cannot compete with them.

Opponents also fear the measure could allow puppy mills and cockfighting to operate unchecked, because those enterprises could claim they are existing agriculture ventures that are protected by the amendment. A puppy mill is a business that breeds puppies for sale, often in conditions regarded as inhumane.

Supporters counter that Oklahoma’s proposal, called State Question 777, would protect farmers from burdensome regulations and frivolous lawsuits, creating a healthy environment for investment in agriculture.

“Agriculture deserves extra protection so our farmers and ranchers can continue to produce affordable, abundant food,” said Michael Kelsey, executive vice-president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, which supports the measure.

National movement All U.S. states have some form of legislation designed to protect farmers from nuisance lawsuits. Such complaints are often brought by developers of suburbs encroaching on farming areas who try to change local ordinances in favour of their new communities, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks local laws.

The first state to elevate the concept and enshrine a right to farm in its constitution was North Dakota in 2012, followed by Missouri two years later.

But critics argue that the Oklahoma proposal would go further, barring lawmakers from enacting any measure that hurts the rights of farmers and ranchers without first demonstrating a compelling state interest to do so.

Maxwell, of the Humane Society, said the measures are part of a worrying trend.

“It is a national movement by industrial agriculture and multinational corporations to level out all rules and regulations to prevent what they would perceive as legislation that would protect family farmers, or the traditional farmers,” he said.

Once the state is barred from meaningful environmental and livestock welfare regulations under a right to farm amendment, it falls to the U.S. g ov e r n m e n t t o e n f o rc e n a t i o n a l regulations.

But federal monitors could be handcuffed because they often rely on local officials to help them in enforcement.

Protect Oklahoma Family Farmers, one of the leading supporters of the Oklahoma proposal, said the measure would in no way hand farmers a blank cheque.

Other supporters say the amendment is needed after states including California imposed egg production rules requiring that eggs sold in the state be from fowl with enough room to turn around and extend their wings in confinement. Such regulations, they said, raise costs for both farmers and consumers.

“We can live without electricity, we can live without gasoline, but no one can live without food,” said Kelsey of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association.

“Because of this, we feel agriculture deserves extra protection.”

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Ecological services program catching fire in Alberta ALUS grew slowly after arriving in Alberta in 2010, but it’s taken off in the past year and now 10 counties are on board

BY GLENN CHEATER STAFF

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he notice in the county newsletter about funding for environmental projects immediately caught the attention of Gerry Taillieu.

“I thought, ‘This is something I need to look into’ because it was offering financial assistance to do something we were already going to do,” said the manager of Tomahawk Cattle Ranch, a 14,000-acre operation in Parkland County.

About 5,000 of those acres were once covered by a shallow lake, which was drained in the 1960s. Prior to seeing that notice in 2012, Taillieu hadn’t heard of ALUS (pronounced Alice and short for Alternative Land Use Services), but the prospect of getting free money was too good to pass up.

While the amount was modest — $6,425, which was half the cost of fencing the ‘creek’ — Taillieu has since become an enthusiastic proponent of a program that is catching fire in Alberta.

“There are always things that need to be done and ALUS helps you target those environmentally sensitive areas that you know in your heart you want to protect and it moves them to the top of the list,” said Taillieu, who now sits on an ALUS advisory committee for Parkland County.

“When it pays 50 per cent, you can do twice as much — so you’re doubling the impact of your money.”

ALUS arrived in Alberta in 2010 when the County of Vermilion River signed up for a three-year pilot project and set up an advisory committee of local farmers and community members. Parkland joined in 2012 and Red Deer County in 2013, but the pace has quickened in the last year.

“At the end of 2015, we had seven counties and we’ve added three more since the start of the year,” said Christine Campbell, manager of the program’s Western Canada division.

“We’re talking to other counties to join us in 2017. That said, our biggest limitation is funding and we want to grow at a sustainable pace.”

Two big selling points for ALUS are its intense local focus (advisory committees develop criteria for their area and landowners put forward their own proposals) along with its flexibility (there are no easements involved and landowners can opt out whenever they want).

But the surge in interest in Alberta has been driven by two other factors.

The success in Vermilion, Parkland, and Red Deer counties led to the creation of the ALUS Alberta Municipal Alliance, which has a full-time co-ordinator who works with counties to implement their own version of the program. Secondly, a $5-million grant from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation allowed ALUS — which had been operated as a division of Delta

Before and after: In the summer of 2012, cattle were still drinking from a drainage channel that ran through Tomahawk Cattle Ranch. Fencing off the area produced a dramatic change by September 2015. PHOTOS: PARKLAND COUNTY

“We know that when we look after our environment, it helps us make money — it helps our bottom line.”

Gerry Taillieu

Waterfowl — to become a standalone organization called ALUS Canada. Over the past year, it has hired 10 staff, including two in Alberta (Campbell and a director of business development).

Donating local The plan is to expand the program not just through grants from foundations, non-profits, and government, but to also sell ‘ecological services’ credits to companies and individuals.

Similar to carbon sequestration credits, the environmental benefits would be measured, verified, and sold on a per-acre basis.

For example, the Tomahawk Cattle Ranch project involved fencing off 37 acres along a portion of drainage channel and the operation receives $37.50 per acre annually as long as the land isn’t being grazed. By getting donors to cover the cost of completed projects, money would be freed up for new ones, which could in turn be used to sell more ecological services credits.

It’s an “exciting” model because it doesn’t rely on taxpayer money and offers companies and individuals a concrete return for their contribution, said Taillieu.

“Eventually, they’ll be reaching out to local funders,” said Taillieu. “It’s great to donate to these big national and international organizations, but it’s also great to donate to local organizations.”

Keeping cattle out of the drainage channel at Tomahawk Cattle Ranch means the water is no longer muddied and fouled.

The site of the ALUS project on the ranch (Township Road 510 west of Range Road 43) was chosen because it’s visible from a county road, he added.

“The county organizes tours of the ALUS sites and you can go on those tours, bring your kids, and say, ‘Yeah, we donated to that. We’re helping to protect that.’

“It might be protecting a creek or creating pollinator habitat or re-establishing native prairie — whatever it is, I think that’s really neat to be able to go and see where your money was spent.”

Fencing off creeks and installing solar-powered watering systems have been the most popular projects in Alberta, said Campbell.

“We have a lot of cattle farmers who see a lot of benefit in that,” she said. “For a typical fencing and watering system, I’ve seen (ALUS funding) from

$2,000 to $15,000, depending on the size of the wetland.”

But all sorts of projects are eligible for funding, she added.

Sound environmental practices are also good for business, said Taillieu, who with son Grant won Alberta Beef Producers’ 2013 environmental stewardship award for their rehabilitation efforts at Tomahawk Cattle Ranch, which they’ve managed since 2001.

“We know that when we look after our environment, it helps us make money — it helps our bottom line,” he said. “By moving our cattle to an off-site watering system, they’re not drinking fouled water, their udders don’t get dirty, and their calves don’t get sick as often. So we’re protecting the drainage (from erosion), we’re helping the water that drains into the North Saskatchewan River stay clean, and we’re getting better

productivity from our cattle and making more money.

“There’s just no negative to it.”

While watershed projects and livestock operations have been a major focus, the program is also suited to grain farms, he said.

“People know from these fancy yield monitors on their combines which parts of their fields that are not productive,” he said. “So they can look at a printout and say, ‘Yeah, it didn’t pay us to farm those portions, but I need to do something to control the weeds.’

“So maybe you seed that to grass and the ALUS project can give you some income for the management you want to use for that marginal piece of land.”

Producers or municipal officials interested in learning how ALUS might work in their area can reach Campbell at ccamp bell@alus.ca or 587-894-0666.

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While U.S. farm economy sinks, Canada stays afloat Low dollar and a robust demand for pulses, canola, and specialty crops has spared Prairie producers from troubled times

By ALEXIS KIENLEN

“It was remarkable how optimistic Canadian farmers were in regards to their growth prospects.”

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s the U.S. enters a dark period for its farm economy, there’s cautious optimism in the Canadian agricultural outlook.

“The net income and the overall situation in the United States is not looking good,” said Craig Klemmer, senior agricultural economist with Farm Credit Canada. “When we look at the net income expectations for 2016, there’s not a lot of optimism in the United States.”

American farmers have been slammed by a steep drop in grain and oilseed prices, and livestock prices are now down, too. But the low Canadian dollar has sheltered producers north of the border.

“Broadly, commodity prices are down from where they were a year or two ago, but they are high historically,” said Michael Burt, director of the Conference Board of Canada’s industrial economic trends group.

“Canadian farmers have an additional advantage because if you’re selling commodities going onto global markets or priced according to global benchmarks, the weaker Canadian dollar is definitely good news.”

And although pork prices have dropped, beef prices are still high in comparison to what they have been, he added.

But the low loonie — which has been creeping towards the 80-cent market in recent weeks — will be less of a shield if it continues to climb.

“The impact of the change in the Canadian dollar is going to have an impact on profitability, and right now, it’s still providing us with cautious optimism,” said Klemmer.

Still, surveys conducted by the conference board in the last two years consistently show Canadian farmers are optimistic, with more than half saying they expect their businesses to grow over the next five years.

“It was remarkable how optimistic Canadian farmers were in regards to their growth prospects,” said Burt.

Back on the farm, there are other positives — lower fuel costs, relatively stable input prices, and if the slowdown in the oilpatch hasn’t made it easier to find workers, the pressure on wages has lessened.

And while global stockpiles of most crops are piling up, there are exceptions which are benefiting Prairie growers.

“But for other commodities, like pulses, there is strong demand,” said Klemmer, noting Western Canada has stepped in to fill demand for pulses caused by severe drought in India.

“That’s creating a lot of optimism,” he said. “If you look at our recent farmland values report, we have fairly strong growth numbers in Alberta and Saskatchewan.”

“We have a lot of specialty crops where Canada has a large market share in terms of global trade,” added Burt. “We’ve managed to establish ourselves as key players and in many respects, that’s good, because it allows farm operators to get away from staples that might be more cyclical, in terms of price fluctuations, and allows them

Michael Burt

to have a more stable source of income.”

It’s tough to forecast where the Canadian dollar will go, but Klemmer predicted there will be some fluctuation but not a steep jump in its value.

But there could be some pressure on commodity prices, and producers should sharpen their pencils and look at their management, he added. Producers should know their cost of production, make sure they understand their cost structure and work with their financial

experts to prepare for the bad times.

“That being said, we have low interest rates right now and we have some strong land value increases, so we’re kind of at a point where we need to protect our working capital and build adequate working capital if we start seeing some further stresses in the market. If you have that cash availability, you have opportunities,” said Klemmer. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Massive global stockpiles of corn, soybeans, wheat, and other commodities mean low prices and gloomy times in the U.S. — but it’s a different story north of the border. Photo: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON/FILES

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

Following the donation trail Betty and Dennis Turner got to see their Foodgrains Bank efforts pay off first hand in Ethiopia

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff / Brandon

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tour through drought-plagued Ethiopia is an experience Betty Turner says she’’ll never forget.

“We tried to prepare ourselves for what you read about and what you see on TV but there is really nothing like seeing it first hand,” said Turner. “We asked the local farmers what more we could do and they said, pray for us and pray for rain. And although we may not experience those drastic of circumstances, as farmers we can all relate to praying for rain.”

Betty and her husband Dennis have been farming on the edge of Killarney for the past 30 years and last year, as part of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) Killarney Growing Project, helped to raise over $90,000 for the organization.

The couple was recognized by the CFGB as leaders and was offered the opportunity to follow the CFGB donation trail to see how project money is being put to use.

“If people have never been to the developing world, it is such a huge eye-opener and just really makes them understand how blessed we are in our country and how far a little bit of our help can really go,” said Harold Penner, CFGB regional representative for Manitoba and northwest Ontario.

“Very few dollars can go a long way in helping someone get back on their feet.”

At the beginning of February, the Turners joined eight other Canadian farmers on a 10-day tour of CFGB projects throughout Ethiopia.

“The purpose of these tours is to give people like Betty, great advocates, a chance to see what is happening overseas. To inspire them and also to give them their own stories to tell in their communities as they talk to others and involve them in the work of their growing project,” said Penner.

A personal account Pa y i n g t h e i r own way, Betty and Dennis left the comfor ts of their southern Manitoba home and began the 30-hour journey to Ethiopia.

“Landing there and the airport when we first arrived was an experience in itself,” said Turner. “There was certainly an element of culture shock from the heat and high populations of people everywhere.”

She says the effects of drought were obvious everywhere they looked and despite the local farmers’ best efforts, there was very little growth because it has not rained in such a very long time.

“It is really dry and farmers talking to farmers, we all know that you need rain for crops to grow and they are dependent on those crops for food.

That is the hard thing,” she said.

Ethiopia is no stranger to drought but experts say the severity and length of the country’s current drought is one of the worst since the 1960s due to El Niño, which has caused shifting rain patterns.

Eighty per cent of Ethiopia’s population subsists on rain-fed agriculture and local media has reported crop production fails of 50 to 90 per cent in certain regions and complete failure in others. Hundreds of thousands of livestock have already been lost.

Dennis Turner surrounded by local children who were amazed to see their reflection in his phone. Photo: Betty Turner

Dennis and Betty Turner recently returned to Killarney from a trip to Ethiopia with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Photo: Betty Turner

Last year, as members of the CFGB Killarney Growing Project, the Turners helped to raise $90,000 for CFGB projects. A drone captured this photo during the project’s fall harvest event.

Photo: Dennis Turner

“They really have some great projects. You know the story about you can give a man a fish or teach him how to fish. Well, these projects really help the people of Ethiopia with the tools in order to learn sustainable agriculture.”

During the CFGB tour the Turners visited a number of the organization’s projects that offered local farmers techniques and systems to help cope with drought. Photo: Betty Turner

The CFGB also reports that approximately 10 million people in Ethiopia are currently in need of emergency assistance.

Turner describes the farms she witnessed to be very small, 1.25 acres to 2.5 acres and usually existing on rocky, dry hillsides.

“We travelled in both north and south Ethiopia and focused on projects that the CFGB had already e s t a b l i s h e d . On e o f t h e p ro j e c t s focused on conservation agriculture. It showed farmers how to create mulch.

We saw these plots of fields that were covered with banana leaves, maize leaves and manure from animals and they left their land covered with this to keep as much moisture in the soil as possible,” said Turner.

Everything was done by hand with no equipment and the most commonly grown items Turner saw were tomatoes, cabbage, ginger root, maize, teff (an annual grass) and bananas.

During the tour they visited a CFGB project that involved building weirs and holding areas with aqueducts that would carry the water down to the fields, and another where hillsides were terraced to help prevent erosion.

“They really have some great projects. You know the story about you can give a man a fish or teach him how to fish. Well, these projects really help

the people of Ethiopia with the tools in order to learn sustainable agriculture,” said Turner.

Despite the grim situation Turner says she was still taken aback by the happiness of the local people she met.

“Standing beside these people they were so warm and happy and you can tell that they help one another. It is just in their culture that no matter how little they have they still help their neighbour and that was really moving.

They really are happy people but they are hurting too and it’s not their fault, they work really hard but it just hasn’t rained.”

CFGB involvement Every year in Canada farmers step up and dedicate a few acres of crop production for the CFGB, a donation that is matched four to one by the federal government.

Those funds are put towards CFGB initiatives in countries around the world.

“Last year we worked in 40 countries and spent about $43 million, helping over a million people. We usually spend around the $40-million mark on our projects every year,” said Penner.

According to a recent press release from the CFGB, in Dugda, the Oromia region of Ethiopia, the Foodgrains Bank has been providing 41,000 peo-

Betty Turner Killarney-area producer

ple a month with emergency food rations through its member, World Renew.

“Through these programs I think that it gives the local farmers some hope that people in other parts of the world care about what they are going through and that we are trying to help,” said Turner.

According to Penner, it is projected that this year Manitoba will see 6,000 acres of crop production donated to the CFGB. “This trip was an experience and a journey. One we will never forget.

They say the journey changes you and it should,” said Turner. “I am thankful every day for where I live and the blessings we have in this country. Here it seems like such a little thing to give a few hours and grow a crop for someone who is hungry.”

The CFGB K illar ney Growing Project committee sowed 140 acres of Emerson winter wheat last fall on the Turners’ land and will also be mapping and selling additional acres for fall harvest that will be donated to the CFGB. “I am certainly motivated to work with our committee, neighbours, and community and we are excited about growing another crop again this year,” said Turner. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Gate to Plate Ancient Syrian diet a delicious discovery

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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he world continues to watch in horror as the conflict in Syria leaves so many hundreds of thousands dead and millions homeless, their cities and towns destroyed.

Many Syrians now rely on emergency food assistance. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank, for example, has provided over $30 million of emergency food assistance since late 2012, to Syrians who remain in their country, or have fled to Lebanon and Jordan.

It is incomprehensible for the rest of us, safe and secure at home and blissfully eating dinner every night, what it’s like when the simple daily routine of meal making has been disrupted or rendered impossible.

Yet, that’s the experience for every person anywhere conflict has usurped societies, destroyed food systems, wiped out farms, and uprooted people from their homes.

Food writers lately have flagged another tragic loss of the Syrian conflict, as their mass migrations

Two Syrian women, in better times, partake of a celebratory feast of the rich and varied local cuisine after a workshop on constructed wetlands in Damascus. PHOTO: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance

continue — the loss of an ancient culinary tradition.

The Syrians have one of the oldest diets in the world because theirs are — or at least were — some of the longest continuously inhabited cities, towns and villages on the planet.

But with so many hundreds of thousands of families now migrating, it will be a struggle for many of them to eat as they were accustomed, let alone pass on food traditions as they have for centuries.

The Syrian diet is one of intense flavours, with fresh vegetables the common daily ingredients in many dishes, plus spicy meats, dairy products, and liberal use of fruits, grains, nuts.

The Syrian breakfast is especially intriguing. It’s more like a small buffet of cheese, vegetables and olive oil.

You won’t find these recipes complicated or the ingredients hard to find, with plenty of attention paid to including easy-to-find substitutes.

Shorbit Adas (Lentil Soup) Lentil soup is the most traditional soup in the Syrian kitchen. This soup can be made with red or brown lentils.

As I was thinking about this I happened upon a a website — www.syriancooking.com — with a host of beautiful Syrian recipes. It was created by Ghinwa Alameen, a linguistics professor in the U.S., who was born in Syria.

She created the website a few years ago, because she loved to cook but was frustrated being unable to find good and reliable Syrian recipes online. She felt that their ancient cuisine was not well understood or well represented to the world.

Bharat (Syrian Spice)

If you are a stew lover, this rich blend of flavours is the one for you. A dish to fill your eyes and stomach!

Syrians use many types of spices in their cooking. Here is one of the standard recipe for a spice mix common in many dishes.

3 lbs. potatoes

Blend together:

1 lb. boneless lamb shanks (or beef stew meat)

50 per cent allspice

1/3 c. chopped parley or cilantro

20 per cent black pepper

1 clove minced garlic

10 per cent cinnamon

1 chopped onion

5 per cent ginger

2 tbsp. lemon juice (optional)

5 per cent nutmeg

2 tbsp. canola oil (or 1 tbsp. ghee)

5 per cent cloves

Oil for frying

5 per cent cardamom

1/4 tsp. black pepper

— All recipes cited courtesy of Ghinwa Alameen at www.syriancooking.com

1/4 tsp. paprika 1/4 tsp. Bharat (Syrian spice mix — see recipe below) 1/4 tsp. rosemary Salt to taste

5 c. chicken stock or water

Put lamb shanks or beef stew in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and remove all froth.

Add salt and spices. Reduce the heat and let simmer 2 hours. Peel the potatoes and dice into 2-cm cubes. Deep fry in canola oil and leave them on paper towels to absorb the excess oil. Sauté the onion. When translucent add minced garlic and stir for a minute. Then add the meat and stock to the onion and stir in the potatoes. Season with the rest of the spices and adjust the salt. Let simmer for 15 minutes. Add parsley/cilantro three minutes before turning the heat off. Mix gently. Serve hot with pepper rice and garlic yogurt.

Makes 5 to 6 servings.

2 tbsp. olive oil (or butter or ghee) 1/2 tsp. cumin Salt and pepper to taste

In a pot on medium heat, sauté the onion in olive oil or butter. You can skip this step and boil the onion with the lentils to reduce fat content.

Add stock or water and lentils. When they start boiling turn down the heat and leave for one hour until completely done. Add cumin, salt and pepper. If you are using red lentils, the soup is ready to eat at this point. For brown lentils, or a smoother feel for red lentils, purée in a blender until it has the desired consistency. Serve warm with lemon wedges.

lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Yakhanit Batata (Potato Stew)

1 c. lentils 1 medium chopped onion

So she posted recipes from her own mother, grandmother and friends, all of them tested many times by herself too, of course.

Alameen stopped collecting recipes a couple of years ago, as the conflict in Syria intensified. But she has since updated her website in response to a new need.

“I have been contacted by many warm-hearted people who wanted to host Syrian refugees and/or make them feel welcome,” she writes on the site. So she has added a special section to the site, including a printable grocery list to help stock a pantry with foods and ingredients familiar to Syrians, an Arabic list of common kitchen utensils, plus a list of simple recipes with easy-to-find ingredients, which she calls recipes for refugees.

I encourage you to look at the website yourself. Try some of the recipes, and discover a new way of eating. And please pass along the website to those you may know in rural communities sponsoring a family. As Ms. Alameen writes, the section updates are meant to “help Syrians who depend on themselves, as well as help their generous hosts make them feel welcome and safe.”

PHOTO: tHINKSTOCK

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Rodeo athlete has family to thank for MHSRA involvement After watching cousins and siblings compete he finally got his turn and now is in final year

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

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he rodeo lifestyle has been etched into a Rivers Grade 12 student for quite some time thanks to his cousins’ involvement prior to his sister joining the Junior Division of the Manitoba High School Rodeo Association (MHSRA). Standing along the rail of steel panels, Beau Bridgeman waited for his turn to compete, watching sister Halee and brother Logan. Now he is among the top high school athletes competing.

“I’m currently in my last year of high school rodeo.

I have been in the MHSRA since Grade 6, a total of seven years,” said Bridgeman. “Three years in the junior ranks and four years in the high school division, learning as I kept climbing the ladder one boot at a time.”

Parents Kelly and Myra Bridgeman of Rivers feel that being involved in MHSRA has provided great opportunities to make new friends, has kept him active, provided scholarships for his future, and has given him the motivation to do something he cherishes.

Competing in tie-down roping, steer wrestling and team roping, Bridgeman likes all his events but his favourite would be tie-down (calf) roping.

“Rodeo is a sport that instils teamwork, sportsmanship, tenacity and hard work,” said Bridgeman, who does lots of riding and roping throughout the winter to keep the skills up. “Other sports I’m involved in include curling for the past three years, in the Brandon Jr. Super League, local men’s league, and this year we won silver at the High School Provincials.”

Going above and beyond for every high school rodeo competitor, parents are fully involved and it’s been no different for the Bridgemans.

“My parents are involved, like many other parents, by helping with the various jobs and committees it takes to run a high school rodeo, with Rapid City considered as my hometown rodeo,” said Bridgeman. “My dad has been an event director, and has also acted as MHSRA vice-president. Mom has been active on the

Beau Bridgeman is now in his final year of MHSRA. PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

scholarship committee — acquiring and distributing — plus assisting with the Cowboy Prom held as part of the Finals Weekend.”

Heading into the second half of the present season, Bridgeman sits in the seventh spot in the HS Boys All Around.

His future plans upon graduation this summer will be Veterinary Medicine — starting this fall at Brandon University taking pre-veterinary studies for two to three years, prior to applying to finish at the University of Saskatoon for the final four years.

Looking back over the years, Bridgeman feels the friendships and connections that the MHSRA allows is very special, but he says that one has to be very committed, and it takes more than simply saddling up a horse and competing in one, two, or three events. One needs the drive and determination to succeed, and Bridgeman is very thankful for the ups and downs he has faced as a competitor.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

A stunning new dianthus Blooms of this plant are vibrant-green pompoms

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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lthough we won’t be planting outdoor bedding plants for a few weeks yet, we avid gardeners are already visiting our favourite garden centres to snap up any special plants and new releases that might be in short supply. I erect a cold frame in April to hold some of the plants I grow myself, but I also buy special plants early and put them in the cold frame until they can be planted outdoors.

Last August I had the honour of judging at the Brandon Garden Club’s fall show along with a couple of other judges. Among the many unique and beautiful sights that I experienced at the show was the use of stunning green dianthus flowers in several of the arrangement classes.

I had never seen green dianthus flowers before, and found out that it was a new dianthus called “Green Trick.” The first release of green dianthus happened a couple of years ago when a variety of florist carnation called “Green Ball” was released to the florist trade. Dianthus,

“I had never seen green dianthus flowers before, and found out that it was a new dianthus called “Green Trick.”

carnations and sweet William are all related and members of the same plant family, so they can all be called dianthus.

The development of this plant was probably a reaction to the immense interest in vibrant-green florist chrysanthemums that had been released just a few years earlier. As both are only available as cut flowers, the bedding plant trade was anxious to see a release of a green dianthus that could be sold by greenhouse operators to gardeners as bedding plants.

“Green Ball” was developed for the florist trade and has lush spherical globes atop long sturdy stems that can be 50 cm long. The long leaves that are

The green blooms on the plant are compact, lush, and fuzzy looking. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

attached to the carnation-type stems are glossy dark green. The vase life is astounding — up to four weeks. The bedding plant variety, “Green Trick” is a slightly smaller plant with shorter stems and smaller flowers. The plants get about 35 to 40 cm tall and the blooms are not quite as spherical, but slightly flattened.

Both of these varieties are non-petalled flowering forms of sweet William.

Previously grown mainly from seed as a biennial or short-lived perennial, now

there are many sweet William plants sold as annual bedding plants in the spring.

The blooms I saw were Dianthus barbatus “Green Trick” and they were vibrant-green pompoms. The blooms were compact, lush, and rather fuzzy looking. Seed is not available; the plants are still only sold to greenhouses as plugs, so they will be in short supply and probably fairly expensive.

Green flowers will not make much of an impression in the outdoor landscape unless they are used in creative plant combinations or in unique ways. I will be mainly interested in growing them in my cutting garden so that I can use them in floral designs, but I think a few of these plants would make a great addition to a mixed container or to an edging design if they were alternated with another plant with more colourful flowers that would contrast with the vivid green of the dianthus blooms. If you are interested in growing an unusual flowering plant this summer, look for “Green Trick” dianthus in your favourite garden centre during your early-spring visits.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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To paint or not to paint?

Some think that wooden trim should never, ever be painted but in some cases it may brighten up an area

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

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

— Sue

CONNIE OLIVER Around the House

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hen we paint we usually focus on getting colour onto the walls and paint the trim in a shade of white. In the photo the opposite has been done. A pale wall colour has been used with a stronger colour on the window trim, baseboards, fireplace mantel and doors — a great option if you have decorative trim in your home. If you have an older home you may have trim that has a dark stained finish, so you’d want to keep things light by choosing a light, neutral wall colour.

There are diehard fans of natural wood that are against ever painting wooden trim, but in some cases it may be a good decision. When there is a lot of dark trim and panelling in a room with less-than-adequate natural light, the room can feel gloomy and small. Painting it will still give you the architectural detail of the wood but the area will be brighter.

Sometimes the decision to paint wood depends on the wood itself. If you have rich oak or mahogany trim you may want to refinish it rather than paint it, but if the trim is pine, paint may a good choice.

There are certain circumstances in which you can have the best of both worlds. You could paint the window trim and baseboards but leave the mantel in its natural state. For

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY FROM COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Thoughts on Mother’s Day

By Addy Oberlin Freelance contributor

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If you have rich oak or mahogany trim you may want to refinish it rather than paint it, but if the trim is pine, paint may a good choice.

continuity though, once you start painting baseboards, doors and windows you should continue that throughout the house. You might get away with keeping wooden trim in a closed-off bedroom but for the most part you’ll want to keep the trim consistent throughout the home.

If you do decide to paint out the trim it is difficult to undo, but not impossible. Be sure to purchase paint that is suited for

this application. It does matter as doorways seem to be a magnet for fingerprints, and the right paint is better suited to the abuse that doorways and baseboards take over time.

If you have decorative trim in your home you’re fortunate, and painted or not, these architectural touches add lots of character to a home.

o be a mother is a special privilege. I grew up as a single child in a foster home. My mother loved me dearly, almost with a selfish love. I resented the fact that I had no brothers and sisters. When I was 18 years old my mother passed away and some time later my dad told me that they were not my real parents. I still had a birth mother. She was too young to look after me when I was born, but now I found out that besides a birth mother I also had two (half ) brothers.

I have kept in touch with my birth mother and a brother.

To me, my mother was the one who raised me, who sat with me when I was sick, who met my needs as a child.

So m e t i m e s we d o n o t know how God leads us in our life. I know He created me and made sure that I grew up in a loving, caring home because “He cares for you” and me.

L e t u s re m e m b e r o u r mothers this very special day. It could be a mother, g r a n d m o t h e r, f o s t e r mother, mother-in-law or maybe the person who has been like a second mother in your life.

Addy Oberlin writes from Swan River, Manitoba

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, abandoned grain elevator in Fannystelle, along Highway No. 2 in the Rural Municipality of Grey, was once operated by local lumber, coal, and grain merchant Richard H. Stevens (1896-1978). PHOTO: ALAN MASON (OCTOBER 2013)

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