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Lakeside MLA Ralph Eichler lassos agriculture portfolio With two-thirds of the cabinet for rural ridings Manitoba farmers have high hopes their concerns will be addressed

But she’s urging the new goverment to make sweeping changes

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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rieda Krpan has resigned from her role as chair of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), but she’s leaving behind some ideas for how the new government can save money.

Farmers should pay more of the cost of crop insurance as a way of encouraging farming practices that reduce their risk of losses, said Krpan, who resigned May 2 because a family member is ill.

“I think as a new minister, Ralph Eichler has an opportunity to look at some bigger changes,” Krpan said from her home near St. Laurent in an interview May 5.

“The new government is looking for cost savings and I think it can save some money.”

Krpan said in addition to paying a bigger share of crop insurance costs, AgriStability should be replaced with whole-farm revenue insurance and MASC should be rolled into the Department of Agriculture rather than

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s a fan of rodeos and motorcycles, Manitoba’s new agriculture minister should have no trouble dealing with the political bumps and bruises that go with being on the government side of the legislature.

But he expects he will have to adapt.

“Being in opposition, (since first elected in June 2003) is one thing and being in government is another,” Ralph Eichler said in an interview May 6. “I am a workaholic... I am going to have a hard time pulling back from my responsibilities.”

The 66-year-old MLA for Lakeside, and longtime resident of Teulon, was sworn in as Manitoba’s 38th minister of agriculture May 2 at the Canadian Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg, with 11 other Progressive Conservatives and Premier Brian Pallister.

The PCs made history electing 40 MLAs April 19, defeating the NDP who

governed for almost 17 years. Equally remarkable is that eight of the 12 new cabinet ministers are from rural ridings.

Senior posts This includes senior posts such as finance going to Morden-Winkler’s Cameron Friesen and infrastructure to Midland’s Blaine Pederson, the PC’s former agriculture critic. Portage MLA, farmer and former Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Ian Wishart is the new minister of education and training. Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen, whose grandfather farmed in the area, is minister of health, seniors and active living and government house leader.

And while Pallister represents a Winnipeg constituency, he was raised on a farm near Portage la Prairie where family members still farm.

Some rural Manitobans saw the previous government as ambivalent at best and hostile at worst on issues beyond Winnipeg’s Perimeter Highway.

If appointing two-thirds of his cabi-

net from rural Manitoba wasn’t proof enough, Pallister cemented his rural credibility by reciting, with a catch in his voice and tears in his eyes, the 4-H pledge following his swearing in.

“I pledge my head to clear thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living for my province, my country and our earth,” he said solemnly.

Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier likes what he sees.

“Hearing the premier of your province talking about 4-H... he’s not going to forget about his upbringing in rural Manitoba,” Mazier said from his farm near Justice May 6. “He knows Manitoba. I thought it gave agriculture a good signal... and I think it was a good message.”

Previous agriculture ministers often said they had to get fellow cabinet ministers on side in the previous government, Mazier said.

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Drought-hit Zimbabwe sells off wild animals

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The animals are the latest victims of an ongoing drought in the region

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imbabwe has put its famed wildlife up for sale, in a last-ditch effort to save them from a devastating drought.

The government is seeking members of the public “with the capacity to acquire and manage wildlife” — and enough land to hold the animals, which could include elephants, lions, rhinos, leopards and buffaloes.

A drought across the region has left more than four million Zimbabweans needing aid and hit the crops they rely on for food and export earnings. It has also exacerbated an economic crisis in the cash-strapped country.

Selling the animals would give some of them a new home and ease financial pressure on the country’s parks authority, which says it receives little government funding and struggles to get by on what it earns through hunting and tourism.

“In light of the drought...

Parks and Wildlife Management Authority intends to destock its parks estates,” the authority said

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in a statement which asked i n t e re s t e d Zi m b a bwe a n s to get in touch and did not mention foreign buyers.

About 54,000 of Zimbabwe’s 80,000 elephants live in the western Hwange National Park, more than four times the number it is supposed to hold, the agency says.

The drought is expected to worsen an already critical water shortage in Hwange, which has no rivers and relies on donors to buy fuel to pump out underground wells.

The pr ivately owned Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reported in Febr uar y that Bubye C o n s e r v a n c y, a p r i v a t e game park in southern Zimbabwe, could be forced to kill 200 lions to reduce overpopulation.

Many hunters have stayed a w a y, t h e p a p e r q u o t e d B u by e g e n e r a l m a n a g e r Blondie Leathem as saying, since the furor over the killing of Cecil, a rare blackmaned lion, by a U.S. dentist last year.

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Infrastructure minister rolls up sleeves Infrastructure that supports growth of economy will be the focus, says new minister

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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anitoba’s new minister of infrastructure says the $1 billion a year pledged for repair and renewal of key infrastructure will be aimed at projects that bolster economic growth.

Blaine Pedersen, a grain and cattle farmer, has served as MLA for Midland constituency since 2007. He was appointed minister of infrastructure last week by Premier Brian Pallister, as part of Pallister’s inaugural 12-member cabinet.

Pedersen’s challenge will be meeting Manitobans’ high demands for funding to help repair bridges, roads, water treatment plants and other important infrastructure, while adopting the return-on-investment approach his party pledged during their election campaign. Their commit-

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ment is to strategic investment in these things, said Pedersen.

“Roads, highways bridges... and it doesn’t matter whether you’re in urban Manitoba or rural Manitoba, it’s the lifeblood of our economy,” he said.

“There is this huge infrastructure deficit out there but what we pledge to do is strategic infrastructure. What we’re talking

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about there is return on investment. If we invest in a road or a bridge or whatever it is, it’s going to return an investment to the economy and help build our economy. That’s what we’ll be focused on. ” His first priority is becoming wholly familiar with his new role which also includes responsibility for Emergency Measures, he said.

“There’s lots to learn yet,” he added.

The head of Manitoba’s municipal lobby group says his organization looks forward to working with Pedersen. They’re confident he understands the infrastructure needs of all municipalities both large and small, said Chris Goertzen, Association of Manitoba Municipalities president.

They are also pleased one of AMM’s own board members, Eileen Clarke, has been appointed minister of indigenous and municipal relations, he said.

Clarke is a former mayor of Gladstone and a business owner.

She was elected vice-president of the AMM in 2010.

“AMM has had a good working relationship with both Minister Pedersen and Minister Clarke,” he said.

“We expect to sit down in the next while with both new ministers and a number of others as

well, and first of all talk about how municipalities want to be a partner in resolving issues across Manitoba, whether it’s infrastructure, or reducing red tape and regulation that’s needing review.”

The AMM ran a pre-election campaign dubbed ‘Fair Say, Fair Share’ asking whoever formed the next government to give local government both a fair share of infrastructure tax dollars and say in how they’re spent.

“The ‘fair say’ part of our campaign very specifically said that municipalities be consulted and have a greater say in how infrastructure gets dealt with across Manitoba and how we deal with regulations across Manitoba,” Goertzen said.

“All indications early on with this government show that it wants us as a partner. We really welcome that.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Earls’ reversal wins battle not war

Facing producer pressure, the Vancouver-based restaurant chain brought back Canadian beef

By Alexis Keinlen and Gord Gilmour FBC staff

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ne of Canada’s highestprofile food and agriculture commentators says the beef industry shouldn’t be celebrating victory over getting Earls to roll back its humane beef certification decision.

Sylvain Charlebois, a professor of marketing studies at the University of Guelph who frequently writes about food consumers and how they interact with the agriculture and food industry, says Canadian farmers are going to face more requests like it in the future. Too often their reaction to them is to take umbrage and dismiss them, rather than seek to understand why consumers might think as they do.

“I think farmers want to talk to consumers, but they don’t seem to want to listen to them,” Charlebois said May 6 in a telephone interview, following a May 4 reversal by the restaurant chain. “This is symptomatic of a much larger problem.”

That’s problematic because consumer demographics are changing rapidly. Restaurant chains can’t afford to ignore this reality, Charlebois said, noting other restaurant chains have already made this sort of switch.

“The difference here is that Earls is primarily still a western Canadian chain,” Charlebois said. “I strongly suspect it made its decision to retreat from this based on its weekend sales numbers in places like Calgary.”

What beef producers should be concerned over is the fact the production and processing system is geared almost entirely to bulk commodity production to a single standard, while the market is increasingly fragmented. It’s a fundamental mismatch and one for which producers are, at least partially, responsible.

“To capture these opportunities, producers need to work together, but they don’t seem to want to,” Charlebois said.

“It takes a crisis to make that happen.”

Unexpected reaction Earls for its part made the move anticipating excitement, not condemnation.

On April 27, the chain tweeted, “This is really big. Earls is the first chain in North America to source beef from Certified Humane farms in all its restaurants.”

The backlash was immediate, with ranchers, beef industry officials, consumers, and some politicians voicing their displeasure with the company’s decision to stop sourcing beef from Canadian ranchers.

Humane Animal Care’s website lists standards for beef cattle that run to 30 pages and were developed by more than two dozen veterinarians, professors, and other animal welfare experts including Ed Pajor, a professor of animal welfare at the University of Calgary. Earls’ enthusiasm may unfairly tarnish consumer perception of Canadian beef ranchers, Pajor told CBC radio, and ignores steps the industry has already taken.

“I think producers don’t really get the credit they deserve,” Pajor said.

But, he added, the Canadian beef sector has also been slower to develop certification standards.

Members of the beef industry said they were disappointed Earls did not consult them first.

“If we could have had a dialogue, I’m sure we could have explained what we are doing to meet a lot of those requirements,” Canadian Cattlemen’s Association general manager Rob McNabb said before the reversal.

But he also conceded his organization wouldn’t be able to “provide the level of documentation that Earls was looking for.”

Mo re ove r, t h e re a re n o announced plans to have mandatory third-party audits for the stillto-be-finalized sustainable beef standards — a key feature of the Certified Humane program.

Earls said it spent more than two years trying to find sufficient supply of the latter for its 66 restaurants, but its two suppliers — Spring Creek Ranch Beef and

the Alberta division of Coloradobased Aspen Ridge Natural Beef — couldn’t produce enough.

They also said prior to the switch they tried to use Canadian beef, but frequently found it unavailable and used U.S.-produced beef as a substitute.

Questions While the beef industry might think it’s a happy ending, Charlebois said new consumers have questions about their food and don’t apologize for it. Companies like Earls are, increasingly, going to cater to

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this reality because it makes good business sense and farmers and ranchers could see goodwill evaporate.

“If that happens, it will be very unfortunate,” Charlebois said.

The situation is challenging even for someone like Ben Campbell, a third-generation cow-calf producer from Black Diamond, Alberta who direct markets “ethically and naturally raised beef.”

On the one hand, he wasn’t happy with Earls’ initial move.

“What Earls has done is try to take a short take to show it is

jumping on Day 1 to certified humane beef,” he said. “Whereas McDonald’s is trying to actively change the industry, Earls is working outside the system versus in the system. I don’t think that’s as effective.”

But he also said the industry needs to evolve and be more responsive to what consumers want.

“We have an attitude of resistance to change, and an attitude that they are our cattle and people should buy them because we are making the right decisions,” said Campbell.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Stuck in time

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s it time for a fundamental rethink of Canada’s agriculture trade policy?

That simple question is, these days, tantamount to heresy in the agriculture sector, long preoccupied with trade issues. However, a new policy note from the independent research group Agri-Food Economic Systems in Guelph, Ontario, suggests it might be worth asking.

Gord Gilmour The research team, led by respected Associate Editor agriculture economist Al Mussell, dove into the data to get a better handle on what has actually been happening behind the rhetoric and headlines. What they found was, frankly, more sizzle than steak.

Take the issue of agriculture subsidy levels, for example.

One of the stated goals of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture was the reduction of subsidy levels. After more than 20 years, about the best one could say is they haven’t grown. The researchers looked at the available data on “producer subsidy equivalents” (PSE) from member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for the period of 1986-2014, the last year complete data was available. They found that in 2014 PSE levels were roughly US$240 billion — essentially unchanged from 1986.

That’s not to say nothing changed. There was a fair bit of shifting around going on, especially out of the categories considered most trade distorting, such as subsidies directly related to production. It’s also worth noting that the figures aren’t inflation adjusted, so subsidies as a proportion of farm receipts did fall. But contrary to what everyone predicted at the time, there was no sizable reduction in the subsidies.

“Based on support estimates by the OECD, it is hard to argue that support for agriculture has really declined much since the WTO agreement in 1995,” noted Kamal Karunagoda, a co-author of the paper. “The structure of support has shifted away from agricultural subsidies regarded as most trade distorting, but countries have been very creative in designing new subsidy programs.”

The authors also noted current global agriculture trade policy remains rooted in the “three pillars” of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture: market access, domestic support, and export competition.

This was all based on studies from the 1980s and 1990s. In the meantime, there’s been considerable changes in global agriculture production and trade, which have created new issues. Some are entirely new, others were always there but have only become more visible as tariffs and export and production subsidies have been scaled back.

There are tax breaks and subsidies at the state, provincial or municipal level, for example. There’s lingering price suppression from the remaining direct and indirect subsidies. There are resources that are strategically underpriced, such as water or hydroelectricity. There are issues that are artfully ignored, such as environmental degradation or the costs of providing environmental services to the rest of society. There are also wildly differing labour standards and animal welfare standards, just to name a few. All are now, or are becoming, market access issues not covered by the existing model of global agricultural trade.

“Agricultural trade has evolved significantly since the 1990s — today we worry about natural capital, labour standards, and competing claims/measures related to sustainability in foods. These all impact agricultural trade, but were not contemplated in the trade policy framework,” said co-author Douglas Hedley.

A final, and perhaps even more concerning, issue is that the current framework largely ignores a lot of countries that weren’t an issue back when it was set, but certainly are now.

The OECD figures noted there are countries — many of them emerging agriculture powers — where subsidies have in fact been rising quickly. Between 1995 and 2014, Russian agriculture subsidies grew by 33 per cent annually. During the same period Brazil saw annual growth in subsidies of 26 per cent, Kazakhstan 25 per cent and China 22 per cent. That’s been less problematic in recent years because of higher prices for agricultural commodities, but that seems to be changing too, according to Mussell.

“In the immediate future, an escalation in global agricultural support can be anticipated, given lower farm prices,” Mussell said. “Without a better framework to assess domestic support, it will be increasingly difficult to address the skeptics.”

He ended by calling for a more meaningful structure that would better support Canadian interests.

We take pride in being a trading nation and have over the years taken great pains to ensure we’ve been compliant with our various trade obligations.

In light of these new facts, however, it probably is time to take a long, hard look at what our trade goals are, and how we can get from here to there. gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com

Expect more weather-related market volatility

By Karen Braun Chicago / Reuters

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he Chicago grains market’s wild ride of the last few weeks may be a recurring theme this year, especially given the weather outlook for the summer growing season.

Corn and soybean futures have rallied sharply over the past month, with the most significant gains coming last week, particularly for soybeans.

Although this is typically the time of year when money starts flowing back in to agricultural commodities, money movement alone cannot be the only explanation for a rally of this magnitude, especially in such a well-supplied market.

There are other contributing factors including currency, exports, and crude oil prices, but the rally seems to defy the market’s underlying fundamentals.

What is becoming more apparent is how much of a weather market exists at present. It has been almost four years since a significant weatherrelated supply issue has arisen on a global scale, and the anticipation is mounting for possible weather disruptions in this year’s crop cycle.

Among all the factors behind the recent rally, weather has largely been in the driver’s seat.

Given the expectations that La Niña could bring drought to the United States this summer, weather will likely keep spurring market anxiety.

This month has been filled with weather volatility in North and South America.

Worries that wet conditions would delay U.S. spring planting began earlier this year, but the wintry start to April followed by a sudden shift to summer-like weather has led to uncertainties over the acreage split between corn and soybeans.

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At the same time, weather snags have been plaguing South America. Argentina’s soybean crop has been pounded by heavy rains. Industry views on how much volume will be lost are still highly variable.

After overexporting its first-crop corn, Brazil is relying on a good harvest of second-crop corn, known as safrinha, to boost domestic supply. But drought conditions have tormented the main crop areas.

There were even dryness concerns earlier this month for the U.S. wheat crop, which is in some of the best shape in recent years, as potential drought indicators began to pop up across the Plains.

There is still a good deal of time left for the current weather woes to linger. Argentina is unlikely to conclude its soybean harvest until late June, the same time that Brazil’s safrinha harvest begins.

In the United States, corn and soybean acreage can be implied only very loosely by weekly planting progress reports at this time. Firm answers on what has been planted will not arrive until the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its annual June acreage report on June 30.

But the market stir over South America and U.S. acreage perhaps pales compared with what is often one of the most hotly contested items, U.S. crop yields. The debate could be particularly elevated this year since forecasters have been warning for months that the impending La Niña cycle in the Pacific Ocean could bring drought conditions to the United States.

This means that any newly issued weather forecasts between now and August that indicate potential for any prolonged heat or dryness could cause more market freak-out than usual, as traders will wonder whether this is the start of “the Big One.”

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his cartoon in our May 13, 1999 issue poked fun at the apparent revival of the loonie toward the 70-cent U.S. mark, but it was to struggle some more, reaching an all-time low of 61.70 cents in January 2002.

That issue reported the first in an extended period of drenched fields in the traditionally dry southwest corner of Manitoba. A rain beginning May 4 and continuing through May 6 was followed by more rain and snow until May 10, leaving some areas with as much as 10 inches. The whole season turned out to be a difficult one for the area. Later in May we reported that up to two million acres operated by up to 3,000 farmers would not be planted that year.

On the front page we reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce had ruled there was not enough evidence to support an anti-dumping case against Canadian cattle. The suit by the the U.S. RanchersCattlemen’s Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) alleged that Canadian producers were selling cattle below the cost of production, which it said constituted a subsidy.

Meanwhile both the U.S. and Canada were pursuing World Trade Organization action against the EU for refusing beef from cattle treated with hormones. Despite several more challenges and favourable WTO ruling since, the ban remains.

We also reported the potential registration of the first two midge-resistant wheat varieties resistant to the orange blossom wheat midge.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

No back to the future for farming Denying there’s any room for change on the farm is a short-sighted strategy that ignores new opportunities

BY STEWART SKINNER Modern Farmer Project

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witter has killed civil discourse.

Limits of 140 characters make having a discussion about complex topics like food production next to impossible, but for some reason it has become a platform of choice for exchanging ideas.

I have watched many of my fellow food producers howl when A&W, Subway, and other food businesses work to create supply chains that go beyond the base standards laid out by the CFIA and various provincial regulations. From time to time, I will wade into the fray and often my view is rather unpopular among my counterparts. Rights of the individual are very important to me; it is part of why we live such wonderful lives here in Canada.

Our rights are respected and protected by a series of laws and ultimately, our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For me, there is a logical extension to businesses. When a company in the food industry makes a decision it feels is best for the health of its business, I skip over the indignation and go straight to looking at what new opportunities this opens up for growers. We can bluster all we want, but this trend will continue and we will see greater segmentation within our food industry.

This is a large part of why we are working to start up a certified humane production loop to produce pigs. We weighed the options available for growth of our business and this avenue offered long-term price stability in one of the fastest-

Each generation of food producers has had to grapple with new challenges. Maybe ours is learning to accept non-farming people will play a significant role in shaping how we grow food.

growing segments of the protein market. We don’t think the pork we will produce is “better” and I will admit that I don’t like the way the label implies commodity pork is somehow now “inhumane” because it is not.

Regardless of the production system, farmers care for their livestock, ensuring that animals’ needs are met and the grocery shelves are always full with safe, affordable food. That said, a growing segment of consumers has said loud and clear they are concerned about animal welfare and they are willing to pay a premium for an audited production system that adheres to specific requirements. We have made a decision to take part.

The larger issue at play for me is how defensive agriculture has got as an industry. Case in point, recently I got into a back-and-forth with an author who published a blog criticizing animal behaviourist Temple Grandin for an article in which she shared her concerns surrounding the long-term implications genetic selection for higher production is having on dairy cow longevity.

I have serious issues with someone going after one of animal agriculture’s strongest advocates in the public eye because she had the

audacity to say that everything is not perfect on the farm. He cherrypicked quotes and sprinkled in some anecdotal evidence using Gigi, the nine-year-old wonder cow.

My former thesis adviser had a saying, “An n of 1, a study does not make.” Trying to use one cow as justification Grandin is wrong is misleading when we know the average age of a dairy cow has declined as productivity has increased. Peerreviewed research published back in 2005 highlights this phenomenon.

A long-term study of Holstein cows in the northeastern U.S. showed 80 per cent of cows lived to 48 months in 1957. By 2002 this had dropped to 60 per cent.

Switching to our farm, I will be the first one to admit our longevity of sows has a negative correlation with productivity. In 2012 we weaned an average of 21.84 piglets per sow per year and our average parity (pregnancies per sow) on the farm was 2.98. In 2016 we are weaning 29.91 piglets per sow per year and our average parity has decreased to 2.6.

Does a reduction in longevity equate to poorer welfare? I don’t think it does. Our animals are better cared for than ever before, they’re just not staying on the farm as long.

However, we do need to consider the long-term ramifications of basing much of our genetic selection on productivity traits.

We as food producers need to come to grips with the fact we are not perfect and in this world of instant communication, the drive for transparency in food production will continually intensify. The odd thing is, I think we all know we are not perfect but for some reason most of us are very defensive.

My guess is much of the anger is rooted in the fact we are doing a great job of producing more food while greatly reducing the environmental impact of our production. All we want is to be left alone to continue doing what those who came before us did, feeding people.

Rightly or wrongly, this simply isn’t an option and as long as there is Twitter, Instagram, Insert New Social Media Platform Here, and full grocery store shelves, we are going to face continued scrutiny around our practices. Each generation of food producers has had to grapple with new challenges. Maybe ours is learning to accept non-farming people will play a significant role in shaping how we grow food.

Michael Von Massow, a professor and researcher at University of Guelph, who has researched animal welfare and consumer perceptions put it well in a recent column in the Globe and Mail: “We can talk all we want about the safety and the science, but if we can’t convince consumers, producers must find other markets or change their practices.”

Stewart Skinner farms near Listowel, Ontario and blogs about his life on the farm at https:// modernfarmer.wordpress.com.

Our beef should be with the processing system, not Earls Two large corporations set the Canadian standard and it’s too difficult to go outside that model

By Emery Huszka NFU Ontario

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hen Earls announced it could not find a large and consistent enough supply of Canadian beef that met its criteria, there was a quick and emotional backlash.

Yet, Earls’ sourcing decision also highlights Canada’s need for a more diversified beef system that would create more value for both farmers and consumers.

First, we must look at where in the supply chain the decisions are made regarding synthetic hormones, antibiotics and slaughter methods. Over 90 per cent of Canada’s federally inspected beef is slaughtered and processed by two foreign-owned companies – JBS of Brazil and U.S.-based Cargill – using two packing plants in Alberta and one in Ontario. These companies own the feedlots where they finish a large proportion of the cattle that supply their packing plants. They have a great deal of influence over the price paid for livestock, and thus the kinds of practices that make other feedlots economically viable.

It is understandable that family farmers feel unfairly labelled by Earls’ decision. Farmers do not have any say in the packing plants’ slaughter methods or in the pharmaceuticals used by large feedlots. Canadian farmers and ranchers typically raise beef animals in relatively small herds that spend their summers grazing on pasture. Cow-calf producers generally do not use hormone implants or antibiotics in the feed because they are both expensive and unnecessary. Antibiotics are used

when needed to treat sick animals, which is a humane practice.

Some farmers are able finish their beef (on grass or grain) then direct market to consumers or supply niche markets such as restaurants and specialty retailers, and consequently obtain a good price that reflects their production methods. Most, however, must sell into the system that Cargill and JBS control and take the price offered. It is not fair to blame the farmer for the decisions of these corporations.

We would like to challenge restaurant chains such as Earls to find a way to support Canadian farmers while also listening to their customers and avoiding the ecological footprint of importing meat from the U.S. Couldn’t they work with a network of locally owned, provincially inspected abattoirs that contract with farmers who produce according to their specifications?

Cow-calf producers are already on side. Smaller feedlots might need to be established to finish the cattle without using the hormones and prophylactic antibiotics. Some of the abattoirs might need to invest in some upgrades, but with an assured market they should be willing to do so. This investment would also allow them to serve a broader market.

With increasing consumer interest in local food, demand is likely to grow. Such an approach would contribute to localizing the food system by helping create a market for beef producers in each province where the restaurant chain operates, and would contribute to the infrastructure needed for local food systems.

The fact that Earls chose to look to the U.S. for a

reliable source of 900 tonnes annually also shows that Canada is far from being in a position to benefit from the CETA trade deal. If ratified, CETA will give Canada market access to export over 50,000 tonnes of beef per year to the European Union.

However, like Earls, the EU excludes beef produced with synthetic hormones and antibiotics, though it does not require Temple Grandin’s humane slaughter methods.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has helped large, foreign corporations dominate the federally inspected beef sector by designing a regulatory system that makes abattoirs so costly to operate it largely excludes smaller companies.

Meanwhile, beef sector commodity groups appear to be reluctant to challenge the status quo.

The Earls situation is highly visible, but is just one of the opportunities our farmers have lost due to the lack of alternatives in Canada’s system.

Let’s turn the Earls decision from a negative into a positive. It shines a light on Canada’s commodity-oriented beef sector and the absurdity of claims that CETA is going to help farmers. Farmers, ranchers and consumers would be much better off if Canadian agriculture and food policy turned towards supporting the kind of diverse, viable and transparent system that would allow consumeroriented companies to source all of their products from Canadian farms. Perhaps Earls’ customers will also convince the company to add “raised locally” to its ethical sourcing criteria.

Emery Huszka farms near Florence, Ontario. He is a National Farmers Union board member and president of the National Farmers Union in Ontario.

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remaining a Crown corporation.

“I’ve thought about this long and hard,” she said. “This is not new thinking on my part.”

Right now Manitoba farmers pay about 40 per cent of the total cost of crop insurance and the federal and Manitoba governments pay 60 per cent, Krpan said.

“I think they (farmers) should pay a minimum half of the premium,” she said.

“I think there is a case to be made the farmers can easily pay a little bit more because if they have to pay more they also become more careful about how they plant and what they plant.

Their practices will change.”

Farmers who ignore best practices, such as rotating crops or growing a wide variety of crops, should also pay higher premiums because they are increasing the risk of crop failures and payouts, she added.

Some crops do better under hot conditions and others prefer it cooler; some crops are more drought tolerant, while some can survive wetter conditions.

By growing a variety of crops the farmer hedges their bets.

“Why should taxpayers be expected to pay insurance for those who have really incorrect farming practices? I don’t think that’s right,” Krpan said. “And I think now with climate change those things are going to come back to bite us in a big way. Clubroot is an example and there are others.

I think farmers who farm properly, who rotate well, who do all the things that have to be done — drainage and other farm practices — they are the people who should have the lowest rates.”

Under existing rules MASC can deny an insurance claim if it believes the loss was due to poor

Frieda Krpan, the former chair of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), has some advice for Ralph Eichler, Manitoba’s new agriculture minister. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

farming practices. Moreover, as claims go up the farmer’s premium increases, while coverage falls. Eventually bad farmers pay a price.

“In the end, yes, but it takes time,” Krpan said. “In the meantime, everything is pooled and you’re really asking others to pay for what you do wrong. You don’t want anybody farming a program.”

Krpan said she wants Eichler to consider using the upcoming federal-provincial negotiations for Growing Forward 3 to explore replacing AgriStability with a whole-farm revenue insurance program — a move some farm groups have floated as well.

Whole-farm (price and crop) insurance is an idea the Canadian Canola Growers Association presented last year to the Agriculture Risk Management Review Task Force set up by the previous provincial government (see sidebar).

Krpan was a task force member.

AgriStability isn’t working for most farmers, but especially those, who through good farming practices and diversification, have reduced their risk of crop failure, Krpan said.

Some farmers have abandoned AgriStability because they see

little value. But as a result they can’t participate in AgriInvest — a program where farmers’ monetary contribution into a rainy day fund is matched by governments.

The current program is unfair to the farmers who should be rewarded for reducing their risk, she said.

The Manitoba government could also save money if MASC was a division of the Manitoba Department of Agriculture rather than a stand-alone Crown corporation, Krpan said.

“I’m a real believer in closer co-operation between MAFRD (Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development) and MASC,” Krpan said. “I think there are a lot of synergies that are not exploited at this point.

“At the end of the day MASC and MAFRD have the same clients so there is a real synergy that could be had... it would be more cost effective.”

The argument for a Crown corporation is it has more flexibility and autonomy than a government department. MASC has a huge budget, with a big part of it coming from the federal government.

But Krpan notes that ultimately MASC is responsible to the provincial minister of agriculture and the provincial government.

Krpan, who has long ties to Manitoba’s New Democratic Party, was appointed MASC chair in 2013 by the previous NDP government. But she stepped down last week due to a family illness.

“I just need to be home more,” Krpan said. “It’s a matter of reducing the stress. The change in government has absolutely nothing to do with it.”

In fact, Krypan said she would’ve preferred to stay to assist with an orderly transition. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Critics say AgriStability is so complex, its biggest beneficiaries are the nation’s accountants.

Most farmers pay a lot of money to accountants to help with their applications and even then they’re none the wiser about possible payments, says Rick White, chief executive officer of the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA).

The CCGA has come up with an alternative risk management concept — whole-farm revenue insurance — it believes needs to be studied further.

“Farmers know insurance,” White said in an interview Jan. 20. “Farmers like production insurance, at least on the crop side. They’re used to it. They understand it. It seems to work well for them. You can argue about the coverage levels or premiums but you do know what you’re covered for. It’s predictable.”

Whole-farm revenue insurance would insure farm revenue, which is based on how much a farmer produces and the price received when it’s sold.

“When you insure revenue you have price and quantity working together or against each other and that provides a natural hedge for the insurer as well,” White said. “So you can offer revenue insurance cheaper than you can offer price insurance and quantity (production) insurance separately.

It sounds like the Gross Revenue Insurance Program (GRIP), which ran in Manitoba from 1991 to 1995. GRIP was popular with farmers, but critics believed the guaranteed revenue for certain crops sometimes distorted planting decisions.

But the program White wants

studied is different, he said, because prices would be based on futures markets and therefore would be “more in line with reality.” GRIP was based on historical prices.

GRIP also guaranteed revenue per acre rather than for the whole farm.

The latter reduces the risk of payouts because a drop in revenue from one crop could be more than offset by higher revenue from another.

“I think conceptually there are a lot of good reasons to look at this and get a lot of expertise around a table to try and detail it out and see if you can make it into a workable plan,” White said. “The concept is fine. It’s all in the design work… to see how to operationalize it.”

Program insurance premiums and potential payouts would be known up front.

“It’s bankable and it’s predictable and those are features we’re looking for in a good safety net program,” White said.

“Right now the model we have, you hear more complaints than anything. We know we don’t have the ideal situation with the current AgriStability program.”

The moral hazard would be low and it wouldn’t distort farmer decision-making, he said.

“Farmers shouldn’t say, ‘it doesn’t work for me because I never got a nickel out of it,’” White said.

“The government programs should be there to help the farm manager properly manage risk. It’s not to be viewed by the farmer as an entitlement for government payments.

“Predictable subsidies just get capitalized into land prices and the farmer is not better off in the end anyway, until you die and sell out, maybe.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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cabinet and eight of them are rural people that’s pretty good odds,” he said.

Hog issue Perhaps Manitoba hog farmers felt the most picked on by the previous government.

Manitoba Pork maintains the 2008 moratorium on hog barn construction went too far. Last year the province loosened the rules.

“I have a hunch that this government will be more farming friendly and also hog industry friendly,” Manitoba Pork chair George Matheson said from his farm at Stonewall May 6. “ We’ve had lots of talks with him (Eichler) when he was in the opposition and he always seemed to be sympathetic to our needs so I’m very much looking forward to having Ralph as our ag minister,” said Matheson, who farms in Eichler’s riding and has known him for years.

Manitoba Pork wants Eichler to help lobby the federal government on truck-washing regulations at the border, to improve risk management programs and for assistance in financing new barns.

Rural Manitobans have high hopes for the new government, but are they too high? “ Yo u a l w a y s a i m h i g h ,” Eichler said. “Our leader ran on ‘aim higher,’ and we’re proud of that fact.”

Rural Manitoba will have a stronger voice in government, Eichler said. But he added: “Nevertheless we will govern for all Manitobans and put their priorities first. That is what we were elected to do.”

Mazier said he thinks Eichler has the right stuff. He served eight years in the Manitoba l e g i s l a t u re a s a g r i c u l t u re critic (2003-11), but was also t h e c r i t i c o f G ov e r n m e n t Ser vices, the Communities Economic Development Fund, Manitoba Hydro, Co-operative D e v e l o p m e n t , I n d u s t r y, Economic Development & Mines, Conservation, Water Stewardship, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs, Infrastructure and Transportation, Emergency Measures and served as PC caucus chair.

“He comes with a good perspective,” Mazier said. “I think that will bode well for agriculture and for all of Manitoba…”

In private life Eichler, who moved from the United States to Canada in 1969, raised purebred Simmentals and a commercial herd. He even competed in rodeo in the calf and team-roping events.

“I bulldogged once or twice but didn’t do so good at it, and I also got involved with bucking horses a couple of times but didn’t do much there either,” he said. “It’s kind of hard to ride with your eyes closed.

“They loved me being there because I didn’t win many purses.”

Eichler used to own and o p e ra t e Pra i r i e Fa r m a n d Ranch Supply, a major manufacturer and importer and exporter of livestock-handling equipment. Eichler had global success marketing an innovative Manitoba invention called the ‘Stockdoctor’ — a spring-loaded syringe on a

Ralph Eichler, Manitoba’s new agriculture minister, was sworn in May 3, along with 11 other members of Premier Brian Pallister’s new cabinet by Her Honour the Honourable Janice Filmon, Manitoba’s lieutenant-governor of Manitoba. Eight of the 12 cabinet ministers, including Eichler, are from rural Manitoba.

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long pole that allows ranchers to medicate cattle on pasture.

Eichler still owns Ray’s Auction Services in Teulon.

E i c h l e r, w h o w a s a l s o appointed to Treasury Board,

which oversees government spending, said it’s a good fit with the agriculture portfolio.

High praise Eichler was still getting his

feet under him last week, but already had high praise for his staff.

“I rely on them right off the bat to give me briefing notes and get me up to speed on what things look like,” he said.

“My Deputy Minister Dori (Gingera-Beauchemin) has agreed to stay on and I am just tickled to death about that.

And of course with her comes a strong department that has been there through the long term. We will address a number of issues as they come forward, but there’s also a lot of stuff that’s in the basket that needs to be moved on so I look forward to that opportunity.”

KAP wants the new government to fill vacancies in Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. It also wants more money spent on agricultural research and innovation and to help young farmers. Eichler said it was too soon to comment on those requests.

KAP is also curious about how the Sustainable

Development department will work. It’s responsible for drainage, water stewardship a n d c o n s e r va t i o n . Ma z i e r said current regulations prohibiting most fertilizer and manure applications between November 10 and April 10, need to be more flexible.

Eichler wouldn’t say if that would change, but did say he is committed to science-based decisions.

“I always say, and believe strongly, that the farmers are the best stewards of the land,” he said. “They know they need it not just for this generation, but for generations to come and they are going to ensure that it’s there.

“So much has changed and we’re looking forward to opportunities for those changes.

Science will be part of it, but common sense is a part of it and we also have to look at the way technology has changed.

It’s exciting times.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 88.00 - 95.00 D3 Cows 82.00 - 90.00 Bulls 118.00 - 124.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

130.00 - 156.00 (801-900 lbs.)

145.00 - 176.00 (701-800 lbs.)

155.00 - 180.00 (601-700 lbs.)

172.00 - 205.00 (501-600 lbs.)

185.00 - 206.00 (401-500 lbs.)

190.00 - 217.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 -132.00 (801-900 lbs.)

120.00 - 144.00 (701-800 lbs.)

140.00 - 175.00 (601-700 lbs.)

150.00 - 175.00 (501-600 lbs.)

165.00 - 186.00 (401-500 lbs.)

175.00 - 199.00

Heifers

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

(850+ lbs.)

Alberta South 151.40 - 151.40 93.00 - 108.00 84.00 - 98.00 82.00 - 98.00 — $ 149.00 - 164.00 164.00 - 180.00 180.00 -197.00 194.00 - 215.00 206.00 - 225.00 215.00 - 231.00 $ 135.00 - 148.00 148.00 - 162.00 157.00 - 172.00 169.00 - 182.00 180.00 - 198.00 185.00 - 203.00

Change 4.83 5.68 5.35 4.60 4.38 3.27

Feeder Cattle May2016 August 2016 September 2016 October 2016 Novemeber2016 January 2017

Cattle Slaughter

May 6, 2016

Previous Year­ 46,785 11,971 34,814 N/A 564,000

CNSC

Close 147.95 147.03 145.68 143.80 139.80 134.95

Change 7.38 7.22 5.75 4.43 4.85 -4.10

Week Ending April 30, 2016 1,237 29,368 11,587 704 575 7,058 268

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 852 26,336 12,370 843 698 4,529 235

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 188 E 174 E 168.81

Last Week 177.80 164.35 158.20

Last Year (Index 100) 186.26 173.45 164.02

166.93

159.69

160.42

Futures (May 6, 2016) in U.S. Hogs

Close

Change

May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016

77.58 82.33 83.13 81.95

0.25 1.55 1.88 1.20

October 2016

70.55

0.70

Other Market Prices Winnipeg Wooled Fats

Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

— — 180.00 - 200.00 220.00 - 278.00 250.00 -278.00 —

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.

V

olumes at cattle sales across Manitoba were markedly lower on the week, while prices held steady, and futures markets recovered higher, one local auctioneer says.

“There were small volumes, I would say, everywhere in Manitoba this week,” said Robin Hill, manager at Heartland Virden.

Heartland Virden had a 707-head sale on May 4, compared with a 2,077-head sale the week prior.

Smaller volumes make it harder for buyers to find the cattle they’re looking for, Hill said, but added the amount of cattle at auctions will likely continue declining into the spring.

“Every farmer in Manitoba is sitting in a tractor, getting in their crop. That’s why volumes are low,” he said.

Prices were mostly steady on the week, Hill said, with any small increases due to the lower volume.

Demand is still strong, Hill added, especially on cow-calf pairs.

“Ever yone is following that (Chicago) Board of Trade, and there’s lots of demand. It could just be a lot more positive,” Hill said.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained close to $6 per hundredweight in the week ended May 6.

“It would need to go up a lot to make anybody jump up and down,” Hill said.

Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst at CanFax, a cattle-marketing division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said the futures market had been “horrible,” but the week ended May 6 allowed prices to see some recovery.

“It’s the same old kind of swings,” he said.

Toronto 86.25 - 126.70 186.59- 213.06 258.23 - 274.47 264.99 - 286.34 268.78 - 343.06 —

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.+

Heartland Livestock Services, Virden

“You’ve got to get some kind of recovery here. It’s just trying to recover some of those major losses.”

He noted a number of factors which could support the market going forward. “We’re definitely watching carcass weights,” he said.

T h e U . S . m a r k e t h a d h e a v y c a rc a s s weights, Perillat said, but with quick selling, those weights are moving closer to year-ago levels.

The market is “probably going to recover; it’s starting to recover some of its losses,” he added. “And trade numbers aren’t looking too bad out of the U.S.” Perillat expects those numbers to increase, as the market heads into a time of peak spring demand.

Imports have been trending lower in the first quarter of 2016, compared with the end of 2015, U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows.

Lower prices could also allow beef to be more competitive on the retail shelf, which could further increase demand.

“If we can get product moving, we can get cattle weights more in line with a year ago,” he said. “Hopefully the futures put in their low for the summer, and can stabilize somewhat.”

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

Rome/Reuters / World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 per cent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said May 5.

The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of foods, averaged 151.8 points, up 0.7 per cent from March.

The index has declined annually for four straight years to near seven-year

lows amid slowing global growth, but ticked up in April on gains in vegetable oils and cereals.

Food pr ices on international markets in April were more than one-third off historic highs hit in 2011.

Palm oil, quoted at a 17-month high, drove the i n c re a s e i n t h e ov e r a l l index as concerns about a grim production outlook for the cooking ingredient coincided with rising global demand.

Cereals contributed more gently, rising 1.5 per cent on the month mainly thanks to the influence of a weaker U.S. dollar on maize prices, and spillover

from soaring oilseeds prices.

Rice prices declined marginally. Wheat markets made limited gains due to expectations of large supplies in the new season.

Growing hunger for Australian beef in the U.S. pushed the meat price index up 0.8 per cent.

The FAO said world cereals output in 2016-17 could be the second-largest global harvest ever at 2.526 billion tonnes, almost unchanged from the previous year.

World wheat output is due to hit 716.9 million tonnes in 2016-17, the FAO said, raising its previous forecast.

Toronto ($/cwt) 68.67 - 385.01 — 68.67 - 385.01

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

robin hill

briefs

World food prices edge up in April

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

“Every farmer in Manitoba is sitting in a tractor, getting in their crop. That’s why volumes are low.”

Jade MarkuS

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending April 30, 2016 51,416 12,072 39,344 N/A 590,000

Cattle prices mostly steady at sales on lower volume Demand may help bring carcass weight to year-ago level

Ontario $ 134.58 - 158.95 135.31 - 159.90 71.00 - 95.29 71.00 - 95.29 104.70 - 127.52 $ 148.60 - 178.92 153.81 - 180.71 156.90 - 195.30 165.45 - 217.08 154.79 - 219.52 156.17 - 214.98 $ 139.41 - 153.66 150.73 - 171.39 147.63 - 176.82 153.58 - 191.92 142.64 - 205.63 152.30 - 199.71

$

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (May 6, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close June 2016 119.63 August 2016 117.43 October 2016 116.93 December 2016 116.48 February 2017 115.38 April 2017 114.30

Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

$1 Cdn: $0.7739 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2921 Cdn.

column

Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: May 6, 2016

Toronto ($/cwt) 5.00 - 62.50 31.62 - 69.26

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Lower canola stocks limit downside for crop prices

Average quotes as of May 5, 2016 ($/tonne)

Rainfall on U.S. winter wheat pressures wheat futures

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

196.58

41.05

237.63

W. Manitoba wheat

196.58

34.72

231.30

E. Manitoba canola

510.50

-14.20

496.30

W. Manitoba canola

510.50

-18.85

491.65 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices Phil-Franz Warkentin

For three-times-daily market

CNSC

C

anola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform held within a narr ow r a n g e f o r m u c h o f t h e w e e k e n d e d Ma y 6 , b e f o re j u m p i n g s h a r p l y higher on Friday to settle with solid gains.

The climb to nine-month highs has the nearby technical bias looking bullish, but it will take an outside catalyst for any sustained strength.

One such catalyst on which market participants are keeping an eye is the moisture situation across Western Canada. A dry, warm spring is allowing for a rapid pace of spring seeding in many areas, but the lack of precipitation is also raising red flags, with the possibility of a drought building in some areas.

The early seeding also raises frost concerns, with a dip in temperatures likely to damage vulnerable canola crops at the wrong time.

Canada was sitting on 7.5 million tonnes of canola as of March 31, according to Statistics Canada data released on May 6. The supplies were down by about 800,000 tonnes from the same point the previous year and seen as a sign of the solid demand that continues to eat through last year’s crop.

With both exports and the domestic crush still operating at a record pace, canola prices likely don’t have much room to the downside, as there just isn’t enough grain out there to take it down.

Fund traders putting on long positions contributed to the advances in canola, with chart signals pointing higher for the time being. The nearby July contract finished the week at a nine-month high of $510.50 per bushel, leaving the psychological support at $500 far behind.

However, canola doesn’t trade in a vacuum and what happens in the much larger soybean market will come to play in where prices go from here.

As of Monday May 5, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

169.38

-34.72

Commodity News Service Canada,

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

230.75

-3.11

visit the Markets section at

Canola Thunder Bay

509.70

2.00

Canola Vancouver

529.70

2.00

reports and more from

www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, May 5, 2016 ($/tonne)

Production issues in Argentina, due to flooding, have propped up the soybean market over the past few weeks, but the consensus in the trade is that South America will still have large supplies to move overall when the harvest is done. The U.S. also looks as though it could have another large soybean crop, especially as the weather has allowed for a quick start to spring planting.

Wheat prospects Soybean futures did post small gains during the week, but grains were all lower.

Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures posted the biggest losses, as beneficial rainfall across the U.S. Plains boosted the yield prospects for U.S. winter wheat crops. Minneapolis spring wheat was also lower, but lagged the other markets to the downside as dryness concerns in Canada were a somewhat supportive influence.

For corn, good export demand and dryness issues facing Brazil’s crop should provide some support going forward. However, with over half of the U.S. crop already in the ground, the nearby path of least resistance is looking lower, especially given the declines in the neighbouring wheat contracts.

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

Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

499.70

2.00

ICE milling wheat

237.00

1.00

ICE barley

174.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

195.39

-3.86

Chicago SRW wheat

170.22

-8.18

Kansas City HRW wheat

166.36

-7.00

Corn

147.14

-6.89

Oats

124.82

-9.24

Soybeans

371.94

-5.60

Soymeal

371.15

3.75

Soyoil

711.33

22.27

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, May 5, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

n/a

Feed barley

n/a

n/a

Rye

n/a

n/a

438.95

-2.36

Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

176.37

-3.89

Soybeans

406.02

9.19

16.60

0.10

Ask

Ask

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

Prairie spring wheat bids rise with dry weather A weakening dollar also helps support cash wheat values

BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

C

ash spring wheat bids across Western Canada improved during the week ended May 6, with prices receiving support from dry weather conditions in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Weakness in the Canadian dollar, which fell from the 80 U.S. cents mark to the mid-77-cent range between April 29 and May 6, added to the upside.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by roughly $5 per tonne over the course of the week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across the Prairie provinces compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $229 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $243 in northern Alberta.

Average CWRS prices ranged from about $229 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $243 in northern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, ranging from $33 to $47 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollardenominated 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$177 to $188 per tonne, down by roughly US$1.50 compared to the previous week. That would put the currency-adjusted basis

levels at about US$8-$19 below the futures.

Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from C$10 to $24 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were also narrowly mixed on the week. Average CPSR prices came in at about $197 to $205 per tonne in Saskatchewan and roughly $213 per tonne in Alberta.

Average durum prices were up by

$1-$2 per tonne during the week, with bids in Saskatchewan ranging from roughly $286 to $295 per tonne.

The July spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.35 per bushel on May 6, down 12 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$4.535 per bushel on May 6, down 25 U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The July Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.6375 on May 6, down by 24.75 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar closed at 77.41 U.S. cents on May 6, down by roughly 2.25 cents relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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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

Managing mineral consumption Consistent monitoring, proper salt use and location are all key to ensure minerals and supplements are effective

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

M

inerals and supplements are necessary tools in cattle production but how do you ensure the herd has what it needs while avoiding expensive waste?

Animal nutrition expert D.J. Woodward says striking that balance means monitoring, proper rations and appropriate salt use.

“Cattle have to consume minerals in order to have all of the health benefits that we know that their rumen microbes need,” said Woodward, regional man ager for ADM animal nutrition out of Lethbridge, Alta.

“Overconsumption for long periods will be costly, with little or no benefit, and underconsumption can create deficiencies.”

Focusing on free-choice minerals, as they are the most commonly used, Woodward provided tips for producers during a recent Going to Grass online presentation sponsored by United Farmers of Alberta.

Before starting out with a new mineral program, he suggests acquiring a feed analysis to determine what minerals you may need to supplement.

“Cattle require macro-elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulphur, potassium and salt,” Woodward said. “Macro-mineral requirements vary depending on the class of animal and level and state of production.”

When selecting a mineral product, producers should consider the form (block or meal), the formulation (salt content, added carriers and sweeteners) and concentration (number of cows per tub and distribution in the pasture).

Woodward says concentration is a major factor in achieving proper intake levels and a common mistake he sees when using tub minerals is the improper amount of cows per tub.

“The right amount of cows per tub is critical. The more cows per tub will actually end up costing you more money.”

He recommends aiming for approximately 15 to 25 cows per tub.

“If we have 100 cows on a single tub, that tub is hardly going to get a rest between cows. There is going to be a lot of saliva left on top, which softens more of the top layer and the top inch of that tub will be very soft,” said Woodward. “The cattle will literally be able to lick chunks of it out with their tongue as opposed to having to work a little bit to get at it.”

If using feeders, he suggests

Proper rations, location, and salt additives are key to managing mineral intake of cattle gone to pasture. Photo: Jennifer Paige

“The right amount of cows per tub is critical. The more cows per tub will actually end up costing you more money.”

D.J. Woodward regional manager for ADM animal nutrition

one feeder for every 40 to 50 head, and leaving adequate space between them to avoid congestion.

Expect variations When starting out on a new mineral program, producers should give their herd enough time to level off on consumption before making any changes to management that would affect intake.

“We need to be patient and wait the 21 days for cattle to acclimate to the new product,” Woodward said. “Sometimes they will start very slow, sometimes they will start very aggressive, every cow herd is different so we need to allow that threeweek time period for them to do what they are going to do and

level off before we make any changes.”

Once the mineral program has been established, don’t be surprised if you still see intake variations, as consumption levels can change for a number of reasons including change in season, temperature, forage quality, pasture rotation and environmental events.

Woodward notes that it is important to monitor mineral disappearance in order to have a good understanding of the daily feeding rate and to be able to properly judge intake tolerance.

“On any free-choice mineral, you should have a 25 per cent intake tolerance, plus or minus.

So, on a 100-gram intake on your mineral, you are OK at 75 grams and 125 grams. It is your choice after that if you want to fine-tune it or not. So, when I say overconsumption, that would be anything greater than that 25 per cent window.”

Managing consumption Salt is considered to be the main driver for mineral intake and can be used as an effective tool when trying to control intake levels.

“Salt is the only mineral that cattle crave. Therefore, salt becomes a tool,” Woodward

said. “I tell producers all the time to use salt as both the brake and gas pedal for consumption. We can take it away to increase consumption or we can add additional salt to slow cattle down on the mineral.”

Most free-choice minerals contain 15 to 30 per cent salt or sodium and in cases where cattle may be underconsuming, additional salt offerings, such has free-choice salt blocks, should be taken away to encourage cattle to get their salt from the minerals.

If overconsumption is a concern, additional salt can be added to the mineral mix or a free-choice salt block can be provided to slow the herd’s consumption of the mineral mix.

Location should also be considered when trying to find an intake balance.

For herds that may be overconsuming, move mineral feeders or tubs out of high-traffic areas. This can also be beneficial to increase traffic in areas of the pasture that are being undergrazed.

“The cattle will chase these tubs,” Woodward said. “They will go and eat the tub and then typically graze around the tub, so it is also a way to better distribute the cattle throughout the entire pasture.”

To manage underconsumption, feeders and tubs should b e m ov e d t o h i g h - t r a f f i c areas, near the water supply or areas of congregation to encourage more frequent visits.

For underconsuming herds producers may consider removing any added medications for a short period as these may cause bitterness when starting out, or switching to a low-salt formula, as this will require more consumption to quench the cattle’s salt craving.

For overconsuming herds, Woodward warns to beware of cafeteria-style feeding, as it is not very economical and difficult to determine what the cattle are receiving. But also, don’t overlook forage supply.

“In many conversations over the years that I have had, the producer won’t think they are short of forage, but the cattle do,” Woodward said. “If you are short on forage, particularly when using protein tubs, you will see a rise in intake over a course of about one week to 10 days. It is like someone flipped a switch; all of a sudden the tub has become the feed source and that can become very expensive.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Romping and running

These young calves are full of energy in the warm spring sun. photo: jeannette greaves

Man dies in tractor incident

Police say he was trying to get into the cab of a rolling tractor

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

A

69-year-old man died May 2 in a tractor-related accident.

Killarney RCMP say around 8 o’clock that evening they received a report of a person deceased following an incident in the RM of Cartwright-Roblin.

Their initial investigation revealed the man had been attempting to get into the cab of a rolling tractor to assist the driver of the vehicle, when he fell and collided with the wheels. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The 25-year-old male tractor driver involved is not facing any charges.

Farm safety experts say this type of incident is too common, and serves as a warning to others how risky it is to attempt to get on or off farm equipment while it is moving.

Glen Blahey, agricultural health and safety specialist with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association said in his former role as provincial farm safety co-ordinator for Manitoba he investigated several incidents of a similar nature.

“They involved operators or bystanders either getting on or off equipment while it was in motion and having a tragic end,” he said.

The RCMP report said their investigation was ongoing and no other information was released. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

NDP challenges government over diafiltered milk NDP Agriculture Critic Ruth Ellen Brosseau has tabled a motion calling on the government to enforce regulations

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

T

he federal NDP is challenging the Liberal government to enforce existing rules over the use of diafiltered milk.

With Quebec dairy farmers looking on, NDP Agriculture Critic Ruth Ellen Brosseau presented the House of Commons with a motion calling on the Liberal government to live up to its promise to enforce cheese composition standards.

What ensued was a lengthy debate on the flood of imports of U.S.-produced diafiltered milk that is undermining dairy farmers and small processors across Canada. The matter will come to a vote in early May unless the Liberals take action before then. Having to vote against the NDP motion would be clearly embarrassing for the government.

Brosseau said diafiltered imports reached $220 million last year.

“This issue alone is causing each of our farmers to lose on average $15,000 a year,” she said.

“Even worse, two departments of the same government put diafiltered milk in two dif-

ferent categories. Canada Border Services Agency allows diafiltered milk to enter as milk protein concentrate, or MPC, while the Canadian Food Inspection Agency allows processors to use diafiltered milk instead of milk in their cheese. Such a flagrant lack of consistency is unheard of.”

MPs from all parties understand the issue, but the government lacks the political will to do something about it, she said, adding the opposition has questioned the government regularly on the issue.

“We still have no response and no action from the Liberal government,” Brosseau said.

“However, during the election campaign, the Liberals made a commitment to solve the diafiltered milk problem. Even the minister of agriculture told milk producers in February that there was never any suggestion that diafiltered milk would be used as milk. More than two months later, he is not even enforcing the existing standards.”

Jean-Claude Poissant, the parliamentary secretary for agriculture and a former dairy farmer, said diafiltered milk was a problem before the Liberals were elected in October.

“I have to wonder why the Conservatives did not enforce the regulations when they

were in power,” he said. “Those regulations were put in place by the previous government in 2008, but were never enforced.”

He also said the government wants to take action but needs to do the groundwork to ensure the solution is a lasting one.

“That is why it is taking some time,” he said.

“I understand the time crunch, but we are holding discussions with the industry and the producers.”

He noted that the producers are themselves in discussions with industry, and the back and forth between stakeholders needs to be completed before any orders for enforcement are issued.

Liberal MP Wayne Easter praised the motion while urging the diafiltered milk issue not be confused with trade agreements.

“It is not the trade agreements that are causing the problem: it is the fact that diafiltered milk is allowed into Canada and is coming into Canada when it should not be allowed under our regulatory system,” he said.

Quebec Conservative MP Alain Rayes said he would support the motion and from remarks made at the debate, he won’t be the only one from his party to vote in favour of it.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers No. on offer

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

4-May

3-May

5-Mar

3-May

4-May

2-May

5-May

2-May

837

659*

87

575*

707*

282*

179*

340

Over 1,000 lbs.

124.00-145.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-153.00

900-1,000

160.00-180.00

n/a

n/a

140.00-165.00

145.00-157.00

n/a

n/a

145.00-162.00

800-900

165.00-190.00

140.00-177.00

140.00-153.00

165.00-186.00

166.00-1800.75

n/a

160.00-185.00

155.00-177.00

700-800

170.00-212.00

160.00-190.00

150.00-168.00

175.00-193.00

178.00-195.00

165.00-185.00

175.00-198.00

160.00-187.00

600-700

175.00-214.00

180.00-213.50

165.00-185.00

185.00-205.00

187.00-210.00

185.00-201.00

185.00-210.00

170.00-204.00

500-600

n/a

200.00-223.00

180.00-195.00

210.00-222.00

195.00-225.00

195.00-218.00

195.00-220.00

180.00-211.00

400-500

n/a

220.00-242.00

190.00-217.00

220.00-243.00

220.00-248.00

215.00-237.00

n/a

180.00-215.00

300-400

n/a

240.00-272.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

130.00-153.00

120.00-155.00

n/a

125.00-145.00

130.00-144.00

n/a

n/a

120.00-142.00

800-900

140.00-185.00

140.00-169.50

130.00-145.00

145.00-160.00

148.00-160.00†

n/a

148.00-165.00

127.00-147.00

700-800

140.00-177.00

150.00-177.75

140.00-155.00

150.00-170.00

157.00-175.00††

n/a

155.00-175.00

130.00-164.00

600-700

150.00-186.50

160.00-186.00

150.00-165.00

165.00-185.00

172.00-191.00

155.00-179.00

165.00-189.00

135.00-177.00

500-600

180.00-196.00

170.00-209.50

160.00-170.00

180.00-207.00

182.00-205.00

170.00-199.00

175.00-200.00

140.00-197.00

400-500

n/a

190.00-216.50

165.00-190.00

195.00-215.00

185.00-216.00

180.00-204.00

175.00-198.00

150.00-205.00

300-400

n/a

190.00-215.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer

146

D1-D2 Cows

88.00-94.00

n/a

n/a

93.00-101.00

92.00-98.00

85.00-95.00

89.00-98.00

86.00-94.00

D3-D5 Cows

78.00-86.00

n/a

n/a

82.00-92.00

86.00-92.00

n/a

82.00-88.00

75.00-83.00

106

135

Age Verified

97.00-112.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

94.00-101.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

124.00-145.00

n/a

n/a

115.00-130.00

120.00-131.00

120.00-138.00

110.00-126.00

115.00-123.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

100.00-111.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

98.00-118.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

87.00-90.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

75.00-84.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-125.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

98.00-115.00

n/a

108.00-123.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

Breeding heifers sold at †164.00 ††180.00

(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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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth the effort to find out what happened Autopsies can provide very valuable information you can use to enhance preventive medicine protocols

ROY LEWIS DVM Beef 911

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hen an animal dies, producers often simply disposed of it.

But that often means valuable information is lost â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so decisions for the rest of the herd or altering treatments for subsequent cases cannot be made. An experienced veterinarian can glean very valuable information from a complete autopsy and often give you the cause of death immediately.

A post-mortem is relatively quick to do and allows the internal organs to be directly viewed. This takes the guesswork out of any diagnosis.

The tissues can be cut open and touched for texture, and relative size of the organs assessed. All these clues help in the definitive diagnosis.

The poultry and swine industries have incorporated post-mortems as a major part of their preventive medicine protocols. With cattle, an experienced veterinarian can usually make a definitive diagnosis on an autopsy.

Cattle and bison, especially in their abdomens, have the ability to wall off infection making the site fairly obvious to the trained eye. If the exact cause of death can be determined the main questions to be asked are: 1) Is this an individual problem (in which case there are no worries for the rest of the herd)?

2) If a transmissible disease,

what can be done as a preventive for the rest of the herd?

3) How long has the disease been progressing and does it suggest the condition was missed for a time?

(Suggestions can be given to watching for certain clinical signs on subsequent cases.)

4) If the problem was rightly diagnosed and treatment was initiated, what was the reason for the treatment failure?

5) Were two or more disease entities happening at the same time?

Producers in my exper ience are often distraught and often want reassurance as to whether they missed any clinical signs and whether the death could have been prevented. Sudden deaths are extremely important to postmortem since no clinical signs were evident. Several serious diseases such as blackleg (clostridial diseases in general), anthrax, and plant poisonings have sudden death as the only presenting complaint. Keep in mind most animals bloat up somewhat after death.

Any post-mortems for insurance reports should be documented with a complete identification of the animal and, in some instances, digital photos may be very valuable.

Some farm insurance policies do cover acts of God (such as death resulting from lightning or drowning), but a veterinary examination will be necessary.

Auction markets carry insurance, so most unexplained deaths are autopsied â&#x20AC;&#x201D; primarily to find out when the problem started, and if an injury during transport or at the facility can be ruled out or not.

In order to help the veterinarian, the carcass needs to be preserved as much as possible. On a hot summer day it only takes a few hours to start to decompose. Until the veterinarian can arrive, keep it covered in a cool location and make sure predators such as coyotes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ravage it. The opposite occurs in the winter where fresh carcasses make the diagnosis easier. Freezing has a tendency to disrupt the tissues â&#x20AC;&#x201D; however, it is a far superior storage method than allowing the carcass to rot.

Bison producers must remember autopsies on this species are almost an emergency.

Their hide is so thick I have seen mature cows autolize (decompose) just from sitting overnight.

As well as determining the cause of death, post-mortems also allow the monitoring of other herd parameters such as parasite burdens or nutritional status. Samples of the liver can be sent to a lab to check for some trace mineral analysis such as copper, iron or zinc.

Years ago, a lot of provincial labs would perform complete post-mortems. This service

has since been phased out and it is now common that local veterinarians perform the autopsies and take tissue samples for histo (microscopic analysis). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now common for private labs to do a culture, and if bacteria are the cause, recommend the best choices of antibiotics. This can give an effective option to the farmer with outbreaks such as pneumonia and are especially important with AMR (antimicrobial resistance) being of concern. Other specific tests called PCR tests determine the causative organism and this can provide valuable information so treatments could be tailored for future cases or changes made to the preventive vaccination program.

Veterinarians can also preserve the necessary tissues at the clinic in the event another similar case comes along.

Commonly abortions can be handled this way. Tissues can be saved and sent in if a higher-than-normal abortion rate starts to develop.

Use your veterinarian for most deaths on your farm (they can be autopsied on farm or at most large-animal

clinics). This can go a long way towards preventing other disease situations in the future.

Most cases can be quickly d i a g n o s e d a n d p re ve n t i ve steps can be initiated immediately if needed.

There is a lot to be learned from autopsies and that knowledge will help your veter inar ian fur ther enhance the health and productivity of your herd. The dead cattle may identify a contagious condition or it could be specific to that animal and these are the important things postmortems illustrate for us. If a diagnosis is made, a specific course of action can be taken which renders the rest of your herd healthier. New graduate veterinarians are highly trained in pathology or have excellent labs to send tissues to if the initial diagnosis is hard to make. Please have your veterinarian do post-mortems, but get them done in a timely manner.

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 12, 2016

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

Upper low to bring unsettled weather Issued: Monday, May 9, 2016 · Covering: May 11 – May 18, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

M

ost of last week’s forecasts played out pretty much as expected, with high pressure dominating our region bringing plenty of sunshine, dry conditions and warm temperatures. A big question mark is whether this will be our new pattern — or was this only a temporary reprieve from what we experienced in April?

Normally I am fairly confident with the start of the forecast period, but that is not the case this week. The weather models show a slow-moving upper low developing and impacting our region starting on Wednesday and lasting until the early weekend. As you know, upper lows are notoriously difficult to forecast, but I’ll do my best to paint the big picture.

The models show this low slowly developing during the first half of the week over the central U.S. before kicking northward into eastern Montana early on Wednesday. We’ll see clouds and showers covering pretty much all of southern and central Manitoba on Wednesday with the best chance of significant rain over

far western regions. This low is then forecast to slowly drift to the east on Thursday and Friday. The question is, how far north will the low push before drifting east? A southern track along the border will bring rain to southern regions late Wednesday, while a more northerly track will mean showers for southern regions and steady rain farther north through central regions.

All the models have the low out of our region by Friday, but we can expect a strong cool northerly flow behind the low as a large arctic high slowly builds southward.

Expect some fairly cold temperatures to start off the weekend, with readings coming in around the bottom end of the usual temperature range for this time of the year. As the high continues to slowly build in, expect temperatures to moderate early next week under strong spring sunshine. We should see daytime highs back up toward the 20 C mark by Tuesday of next week.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 13 to 25 C; lows, 0 to 9 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.

global temperature anomalies for April

This issue’s map, which shows the global temperature anomalies for April, is created by the University of Alabama in Hunstville. You can see how we were caught between very cool air over Eastern Canada and very mild air to our west.

Rare shot of August heat in May was brief Manitoba almost never sees heat so early in the year such as what we saw last week

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

S

ome of the hottest temperatures across Canada and the U.S. hit our region last week as an earlyseason heat wave brought re c o rd - b re a k i n g t e m p e ra tures to nearly every single place across Manitoba and Saskatchewan late last week.

T h e r i d g e o f h i g h p re s sure that brought the recordbreaking temperatures was well forecast, and we all knew some warm temperatures were coming. What we didn’t realize was just how hot it was going to get. All I can say is, thank goodness it didn’t last for more than a day here in Manitoba, as people and Mother Nature were just not ready for that kind of heat.

The ridge responsible for the heat developed over Alberta and Saskatchewan over the first few days of May and pushed daytime highs into the mid- to upper 20s starting May 2 and peaking May 5. The ridge was finally pushed eastward as an area of low pressure tracked through Northern Canada last Thursday. This ridge and low combined to really make temperatures soar across southern and central Manitoba, with nearly every

… the 10 warmest months globally have either occurred during the El Niño of 1998 or during the current El Niño of 2015-16.

place I checked repor ting daytime highs in the low 30s and most, if not all locations, breaking records for the day.

The table shown here is a short list of the warmest temperatures I was able to find.

It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen temperatures this warm. Using Winnipeg’s data you have to go back to Aug. 28, 2012 to find the last day that was 35 C. In fact, the 35.2 C reading on May 5 in Winnipeg was the earliest the city has ever hit the 35 C mark (previous record was a 35 C reading on May 8, 1874). We can probably extrapolate Winnipeg’s values to most locations across Manitoba, so there’s a good chance that a number of locations broke records for earliest extreme heat.

How often do we see this kind of extreme heat this early in the year? Not very often. Again, using Winnipeg’s data going all the way back to 1872, there have been 14 days where the daytime high

has been warmer than 34 C and there have only been six days in May with a temperature warmer than 35 C. Just to double-check, I looked at April and not surprisingly, there was only one day warmer than 34 C and that was on April 21, 1980. The 35.2 C reading for Winnipeg shattered the record for the day, which was 31.6 C, and while it did for a time appear that it could make a run for the warmest day ever in May, it fell well short of the 37 C record set on May 22, 1980.

After an early shot of record heat, a lot of the discussion has turned to, “Just what does this mean for the upcoming summer?” Well, the answer, as you already likely know, is “Who knows?” It might play out that the eastern North American trough will win out over the summer, which would mean cold and wet weather. I can see it now: we’ll look back and comment on how we had our one day of summer in

Table: How warm did it get last week? (°C) Winnipeg

35.2

Brandon

33.8

Dauphin

34.2

Gimli

33.4

Morden

33.4

Carman

34.2

Portage la Prairie

34.1

early May! More likely, I think, is that this could be a hint of what might happen this summer. With the planet, as a whole, running hot, I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that we’ll eventually see some of that heat here during the summer. So far we’ve been lucky and all of our really warm weather has been in the fall or winter, with our summers running right around average over the last several years.

We’ll have to watch how the general weather pattern evolves over the next month to see if the western ridge of high pressure develops or if the eastern trough retrogrades into our region. I do think that the overall picture will become clearer by early June, and as much as I like nice warm sum-

mer weather, I don’t think anyone wants a summer full of record-breaking heat waves.

On a final note, the first April global temperature values are in from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and they report that this April was the second-warmest April on record and the fourth-warmest month compared to average.

The warmest April temperatures globally compared to average were over Greenland, with the coldest temperatures being found across central Quebec. According to the satellite records, the 10 warmest months globally have either occurred during the El Niño of 1998 or during the current El Niño of 2015-16.

Next issue we’ll go back and continue our annual look at severe summer weather.

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and foremost measure for disease control,” said Bryan Cassone, project lead and assistant professor in the biology department at BU. “However, this is only possible if we know what is infecting our fields and can develop early diagnostic tools and control strategies, which vary dramatically based on the type of pathogen. The reason why many disease outbreaks occur is a lack of this knowledge.”

MPSG is the primary funder for the project, providing $112,509 over three years and, along with Manitoba Agriculture, will be involved in collection of field data.

“This is quite a significant project for us and we are excited at the potential it has to reap some benefits for growers,” said

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

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ith more soybeans appearing in more places around the province, Brandon University (BU) has set out to learn more about the potential roadblocks for growers.

This summer the university, in partnership with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) and Manitoba Agriculture, will begin a three-year study to gain more knowledge of soybean diseases, in particular foliar diseases that invade the leaves of the infected plants, such as downy mildew and bacterial blight.

“Prevention is always the first

Kristen Podolsky, production specialist with MPSG. “The information from this study will be invaluable in terms of us being able to be proactive. It can be difficult to develop a management strategy for farmers when a disease is already set into a crop. So, this way we are being proactive in trying to identify diseases that are present right now at very low levels, which will give us some time to develop a strategy on how we can manage it and then get that message out to growers.”

Podolsky says MPSG is excited for its first collaboration with BU and especially the partnership with Cassone.

“This is a first for us in terms of collaboration on a research

project, we haven’t worked with BU too extensively in the past so we are happy to open that relationship and Dr. Cassone has previous experience studying soybeans and coming from Ohio, he has experience with diseases that we haven’t encountered yet in Manitoba.”

Cassone joined the BU’s biology department last year and comes from Ohio State University where he conducted his post-doctoral research on soybeans.

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SOYBEANS Continued from page 17

that soybean production has exploded in the province over the last few years,” Cassone said.

Baseline data Th e g oa l o f this research project is to build the data ‘foundation’ that can be used in the future to determine which diseases pose the greatest risk to future Manitoba soybean yields.

“Once a thorough ‘disease library’ has been generated, the data can be used to develop more cost-effective tools that are suitable for mainstream use,” Cassone said.

Researchers will genetically analyze whole fields of soybean plants in search of distinctive DNA markers of disease. “ We are in a fairly good position so far in Manitoba i n t e r m s o f s oy b e a n d i s eases, in that we don’t have any diseases that really stand out or are yield limiting yet,” Podolsky said. “White mould would probably be the No. 1 disease in soybeans right now but fortunately soybeans are a lot more tolerant than a lot of our other broadleaf crops.

And, white mould is a disease that growers are fairly familiar with because they are already managing it in their canola, sunflowers and other broadleaf crops.”

Two full surveys of at least 50 Manitoba soybean fields will be carried out.

“This will be a two-stage survey, so we are doing 50 fields in June and 50 fields in August.

In June it is an early detection of diseases and in June we will also be able to quantify the

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“We are trying to be proactive so that we can sustain in our industry and continue to grow it in a way that we can understand the diseases, how they impact yield and then deliver the message to growers on how we can manage that and prevent yield loss, so we can continue to see soybean acres grow and continue to be profitable.”

Kristen Podolsky MPSG PHOTO: allan dawson

occurrence of root rot, which is also the primary disease that is impacting soybeans. Later in August we will be looking at the foliar disease,” Podolsky said.

In each field, researchers will pluck a single leaf from every plant, preserve it and return to the lab where it will be fully sequenced.

DNA mapping Cassone says this process will tease out DNA from any kind of disease that the plant could be harbouring.

“We go through multiple stages of ‘DNA work’ before we generate the data – literally hundreds of millions of pieces of DNA from the plant and the pathogens. These are pieced

together for each plant like a giant DNA puzzle,” Cassone s a i d . “ T h e w h o l e p ro c e s s will take three months or so.

However, the silver lining for future disease surveillance is with these giant DNA puzzles now solved, we can easily develop sensitive diagnostic tools.”

Cassone says that not only does this research have the potential to better outline known soybean diseases but may also shed some light on diseases that have never been detected in Manitoba.

“I think that what is unique about this survey is that it is going to take our knowledge to the next level and help us identify diseases that could

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be misdiagnosed currently or aren’t being identified because we don’t have any visual symptoms at the time that we would normally be looking,” Podolsky said.

Research findings will also help in developing models to predict when and where diseases could strike, leading to reduced spraying requirements for producers.

“Typically the pathogen will invade the plant before symptoms develop. Certainly if the disease is caught early enough it can influence the spraying regimes used by growers,” Cassone said.

In the future, researchers will look to combine information about the number and type

of pathogens with information on environmental factors, like temperature and humidity, to create computer models that can zero in on regions in Manitoba that are more susceptible to a given disease in a given year.

“We are trying to be proactive so that we can sustain in our industry and continue to grow it in a way that we can understand the diseases, how they impact yield and then deliver the message to growers on how we can manage that and prevent yield loss, so we can continue to see soybean acres grow and continue to be profitable,” Podolsky said. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Sclerotinia treatments must be warranted by environment and economics Whether or not to spray canola for sclerotinia comes down to complicated set of intertwined factors

BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

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pray for sclerotinia or give it a pass? That’s no simple black or white question, but one thing is certain — by the time you can see it, it’s too late.

Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development oilseed specialist, said that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t scout though. If anything it means it’s more important than ever to manage a disease that relies on specific environmental conditions to flourish, including dense stands and elevated moisture levels in the crop’s canopy.

“And you can’t tell that when you are driving by — you really do need to walk through it,” Kubinec said. “I think for assessing for sclerotinia application, scouting is very important because you do need that humidity and moisture in the canopy to have the infection take hold in the plant... if it is really dry, even if there is some infection the actual sclerotinia infection can dry up and then you don’t get the yield loss.”

The spraying window usually falls when the plants are between 20 and 50 per cent in bloom.

“You’ve got to go in and spray before you see symptoms in the field, that is why you have to go through that checklist of environmental factors and your practices to see if spraying is warranted or not,” said Justine Cornelsen, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.

Both the province and the canola council offer online calculators to help producers make the decision whether or not to spray.

However, Tim Gardner, a senior market development specialist at Bayer adds that the fight against sclerotinia should begin before seeds are even in the ground, when producers are still planning out their crop rotations.

Having gathered questions about the fungus from farmers across the Prairies, Gardner said there are still myths out there about which crops can host the disease and which cannot.

“Rotations are definitely another important consideration,” he said. “We are running crop rotations pretty tight on the whole... and the thing is that sclerotinia is not just specific to canola, there are a lot of bridge rotation crops, it could be sunflowers, it could be peas, lentils, dry beans, all of the above.”

The sclerotia bodies that cause the disease can also live in soil for as long as 10 years, said Cornelsen. “ T h a t’s w h y t h e re c o m mended rotation if it is canola is at least four years before having it in field again,” she said.

“Although that can be hard to justify because you are going to have spores blowing in from the surrounding fields and you can’t control what your neighbours are doing, so the chances of infection are probable.”

Some weeds are also hosts for the fungus, meaning even

empty fields or ditches can hasten the spread of spores.

As much as evaluating environmental factors is key in predicting and preventing sclerotinia losses, so too is the evaluation of economic factors.

“It usually ends up boiling down to return on investment,” said Gardner. “Factor the cost of application — and obviously the product — then going out and leaving wheel tracks in the field.

“I fully admit that there are years where I have seen just break-even numbers on it as well, and then the hard part about it is that I’ve also seen the hard years where people are losing up to 15 bushels per day per acre,” he said.

Cornelsen offers a rough guide for the economics of spraying.

“It usually ends up boiling down to return on investment.”

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“If you figure yield potential is over 30 bushels an acre it is just a safe insurance to spray,” she said, provided you have a high number of risk factors.

Kubinec adds producers also need to calculate their margins carefully, looking at market conditions as well.

“With 30 bushels per acre you have to know how much you are making per bushel too, if you’re only making $6 a bushel on canola — and I hope we never get there again — 30 bushels isn’t going to pay for it. Not with

your application costs, whether they are going to have to get someone to custom do it, if they have their own equipment to run, as well as the product,” she said.

And while the 2016 planting season is just getting underway in Manitoba, it’s not too early to start thinking about sclerotinia, even if it’s too early to predict what disease incidents will emerge. Last year’s canola disease survey found sclerotinia was present in about 70 per cent of Manitoba fields.

“It had an incident rate of probably around 15 per cent, but it is still present,” said Cornelsen. “And if we give it the perfect conditions it will take off.”

That said, producers do have excellent tools available to them, Kubinec added.

“With canola the products that they have and timing they have figured out, if guys can assess their risk and they are going to use the products, they do work very well when applied at the right time,” she said. “I mean you may still have a little bit of sclerotinia in the crops, but it’s not the 50 per cent or the 80 per cent yield lost that guys were getting in the early ’80s when there were no products to use on canola.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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CROP REPORT

Seeding hits halfway mark, but rain needed Manitoba Department of Agriculture weekly crop report for May 9, 2016 Weekly Provincial Summary Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 48 per cent complete.

Seeding is 45 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 35 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 40 to 75 per cent complete in the Central Region, 45 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and 40 per cent complete in the Interlake Region.

Cereal crops, canola, corn and peas are starting to emerge.

Areas within Manitoba would benefit from precipitation to allow seeding operations and fertilizer applications to continue, and assist in crop emergence and growth.

Southwest Region Seeding of cereal crops is approximately 60 per cent complete, while oilseed crops are 25 per cent complete. Corn planting began last week and soybeans may start later this week.

Most crops have been planted into good soil moisture.

Pastures and hay land are greening up.

Some producers have started to move cattle to pasture. Dugouts remain 80 per cent full.

Northwest Region Generally, soil moisture is adequate in most parts.

Seventy-five per cent of the wheat crop is seeded while seeding of other crop types such as peas and fababeans is just underway. Many producers are holding off seeding soybeans and canola until after the middle of the month.

Seeding of corn silage has started.

Central Region Strong winds at times led to soil drifting and blowing. Some growers are delaying seeding canola and soybeans due to drier soil conditions. Some areas with heavier soils have just dried enough to allow producers to start seeding. A few individual producers are done seeding their 2016 crop.

The majority of cereal crop acres is seeded. Seeding of canola ranges from 25 to 100 per cent complete. Planting of corn and sunflowers ranges from 50 to 100 per cent complete. Soybeans progress ranges from 10 to 70 per cent complete. Most pea acres are seeded.

Winter wheat and fall rye with crops are rated in good to excellent condition.

Pasture growth isn’t sufficient to support cattle grazing at this point. Rain would be welcome on perennial stands.

Livestock water supply is adequate.

Eastern Region Soil moisture conditions on cropland across the region are rated as adequate.

By the end of last week, approximately 60 per cent of spring wheat and oats is planted, along with 35 per cent of canola. As well, about 15 per cent of soybeans, 50 per cent of sunflowers, 90 per cent of field peas and 60 per cent of corn acres are planted.

Growth of pasture land continues with some producers expected to move cattle

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in approximately a week. The majority of hay and pasture lands is in good condition. Availability of livestock water is adequate.

Interlake Region Seeding progress varies throughout the Interlake Region. Seeding progress in the South Interlake is estimated at spring cereal crops 60 to 70 per cent complete, oilseeds 30 to 35 per cent, soybeans five to 10 per cent, and grain corn and sunflower 25 per cent complete. Seeding in the North Interlake is estimated to be 40 to 50 per cent complete for cereal crops, 10 to 15 per cent for oilseeds, and less than 10 per cent complete for soybeans and grain corn.

Producers are waiting for rainfall so that they can spread fertilizer on grass seed and hay acres.

Native and tame pastures are providing very little feed from new growth so far this growing season. Most hayfields and pastures are at or near field capacity for soil moisture.

Burn ban in effect Dry conditions and high winds have caused wildfires to grow and spread STAFF

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uch of rural Manitoba is under a burn ban as dry conditions have led to high fire risk and some wildfires.

Burning permits for the eastern, central and western areas of the province are cancelled until further notice and motorized backcountry travel is banned between noon and 7 p.m. daily in southeast Manitoba.

The boundary of the restricted area is from PR 302 east to the Ontario border and from the U.S. border nor th to Lake Winnipeg and extending north to the Wanipigow River.

The province’s Wildfire Program says winds are continuing to drive wildfires, including one near Beresford Lake which has increased in size to a p p r ox i m a t e l y 2 0 , 0 0 0 hectares and reached the lake, leading to mandatory evacuation of the cottage subdivision.

The fire six kilometres northeast of Caddy Lake, on the ManitobaO n t a r i o b o r d e r, h a s also increased in size to approximately 1,000 hectares and the nearby Provincial Road 312 is closed.

Grounds crews, water bombers and helicopters from Manitoba Sustainable Development and the Ontario Ministry o f Na t u ra l Re s o u rc e s continue to battle the wildfires.

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Take precautions to minimize risks of tick exposure Blacklegged ticks are known to carry three serious illnesses Manitoba government release

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ay is Lyme Disease Aw a re n e s s Mo n t h and Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living is reminding Manitobans that tick-borne diseases are completely preventable. People can protect themselves by performing regular tick checks after spending time outdoors, knowing where blacklegged ticks (also known as deer ticks) are located, minimizing the risk of exposure, and recognizing the signs and symptoms of tick-borne diseases. These precautions will help protect against Lyme disease, as well as anaplasmosis and babesiosis, two newly emerging tick-borne diseases.

Blacklegged ticks, which

can carry anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Lyme disease, are most commonly found within and along the edge of forests and in areas with thick, woody shrubs and other vegetation.

Blacklegged ticks are found more often from early spring through late fall. The smaller nymphs are difficult to see and are most abundant during late spring and summer.

The province is monitoring and assessing the continuing range expansion of blacklegged ticks and has identified blacklegged tick risk areas, where the risk of tickborne disease transmission is greatest.

Blacklegged ticks found within these risk areas are more likely to carry the agents that cause anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Lyme disease.

While blacklegged ticks can

be found outside of these risk areas, the risk of tick-borne disease transmission is lower.

Limiting exposure to potentially infected blacklegged ticks is the key to tickborne disease prevention.

Manitobans are encouraged to take precautions to minimize their risk of tick exposure by: • Applying an appropriate tick repellent, following label directions, on exposed skin and clothing; • Inspecting themselves, children and pets after spending time outdoors; • Removing ticks as soon as possible from people and pets; • Staying to the centre of walking trails; • Wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts; and • Keeping grass and shrubs around homes cut short to

create drier environments that are less suitable for blacklegged tick survival.

Symptoms of anaplasmosis can start five to 21 days after a tick bite and may include fever, chills, headache, joint aches, nausea and vomiting, often in association with blood abnormalities and/or liver abnormalities.

Anaplasmosis can be successfully treated with antibiotics.

Symptoms of babesiosis can start one to six weeks after a tick bite and may include nonspecific flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, sweats, headache, body aches, loss of appetite, nausea or fatigue.

Babesiosis can be successfully treated with antibiotics.

Symptoms of Lyme disease can start about three days to one month after a tick bite, often with an expanding

rash which then fades. Early symptoms can also include headache, stiff neck, muscle aches or fatigue, fever, chills and swollen lymph nodes.

Lyme disease can be successfully treated with antibiotics and treatment is most successful in the early stages of infection.

People who think they may have anaplasmosis, babesiosis or Lyme disease should see their doctor. For more information, they may also contact Health Links–Info Santé at 204-788-8200 or (toll free) 1-888-315-9257.

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n about tick-borne diseases, including a map showing the blacklegged tick risk areas and additional information about prevention, go to: www.gov. mb.ca/health/publichealth/ cdc/tickborne/index.html.

MAFRD is now MDA

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development is now the Manitoba Department of Agriculture

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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hen Premier Brian Pallister and his 12 cabinet ministers were sworn into office May 3 most of their ministries got a new name, including Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD).

Once again it is the Manitoba Department of Agriculture (MDA).

Rural development is now part of Indigenous & Municipal Relations under Minister Eileen Clarke. “ W h a t ’s i n a n a m e ? ” Shakespeare’s Juliet asks in “Romeo and Juliet.”

“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

It would, but what’s in this new name is 14 fewer letters — a 29 per cent reduction.

Cutting waste was part of the Progressive Conservative Party’s platform and it’s started on redundant words. It goes without saying agriculture is rural and includes food.

Reporters — print and broadcast — are rejoicing. Great newspaper reporters/novelists, including George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway, preached the gospel of brevity.

“Never use a long word where a short one will do,” Orwell wrote. “If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.”

Some are hoping the Trudeau government drops the tediously long Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and reverts to the succinct Agriculture Canada — a 45 per cent saving in letters.

That would be Tweet, rather, sweet.

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Seine-Rat River Conservation District honoured The district in southeastern Manitoba is the 2015 recipient of the Alexander Bajkov Award Staff

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he Seine-Rat River Conservation District (SRRCD) board of directors and staff were honoured with the 2015 Alexander Bajkov Award at a recent ceremony at Fort Whyte Centre.

The award is given annually by the Lake Winnipeg Foundation (LWF) to people who have worked passionately to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg.

“The Seine-Rat River Conservation District exemplifies the community collaboration necessary to create meaningful change for Lake Winnipeg. Its board, staff, volunteers and the community members who participate in its many projects are dedicated to sustainable watershed stewardship – and not afraid to get their hands dirty. It’s a great example of grassroots co-operation in action,”

said Alexis Kanu, Lake Winnipeg Foundation’s executive director.

The Bajkov award is named in memory of pioneering fisheries biologist, Dr. Alexander Bajkov, and commemorates his contributions and dedication to the understanding of Lake Winnipeg.

Since 2002, the SRRCD has promoted sustainable watershed stewardship in an area of southeast Manitoba with some of the largest nutrient loads flowing into the Red River and Lake Winnipeg.

Many of its programs are aimed at re-establishing natural ecosystem capacity to reduce the high nutrient loads.

The SRRCD began as one RM and now involves the municipalities of La Broquerie, Ste. Anne, Hanover, Stuartburn, De Salaberry, Ritchot, Taché, Reynolds, Spr ingfield, Montcalm, Emerson-Franklin, Piney, City of Steinbach, Town of Ste. Anne, Village of St-Pierre-Jolys, and Town of Niverville.

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762.

May 12: Manitoba Beef Producers livestock predation protection workshop, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Heritage Hall, Heritage Village, Arborg.

Includes outdoor demos from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. For more info or to preregister call 1-800-772-0458.

May 25: Weed Seedling Identification Day, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., University of Manitoba Ian N. Morrison Research Station, Hwy. 245, Carman. For more info call 204736-2331 or 204-871-5137.

June 21: CanolaPalooza Manitoba, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Canada-ManitobaCrop Diversification Centre, 370 River Rd., Portage la Prairie. For more info or to register (required) visit canolacouncil.org or call Ellen McNabb at 204-982-7751.

July 5-7, 12-14: Crop Diagnostic School, Carman. For more info or to register call 204-745-5663 or email monika.menold@gov.mb.ca.

Left to right: Chris Randall, Jodi Goerzen, Cornie Goertzen, Alex Salki, and Larry Bugera received the award on behalf of the Seine-Rat River Conservation District. Photo: Supplied

July 10-12: Canadian Seed Trade Association annual meeting, Hyatt Regency, 655 Burrard St., Vancouver. For more info or to register visit cdnseed.org/meetingregistration/.

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May 27-29: Grunthal Spring Rodeo. Call 204-392-7475 or email allissa@hanoverag.com.

June 4-5: New Bothwell Summer Fair. Visit the “I’m from New Bothwell” group page or the “New Bothwell Summer Fair” event page on Facebook.

June 4-5: Stonewall/Rockwood Fair. Call 204-467-5612 or email janicerutherford@mymts.net.

June 5: Family Day, Holland. Call 204-526-2263 or email Theresa@ tntharness.com.

June 5: Back 40 Folk Festival, Morden Park, Morden. Visit back40folkfest.com.

June 8-12: Manitoba Summer Fair, Keystone Centre, Brandon.

Call 204-726-3590 or visit provincialexhibition.com.

June 10-11: Lundar Agricultural Fair and Exhibition. Call 204-2783255 or visit www.lundarfair.com.

June 10-11: Olde Tyme Country Fair, Niverville. Visit nivervillefair. com.

June 11-12: Montcalm Heritage Festival, St. Joseph. Visit museestjoseph.ca/festival/.

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

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June 17-26: Red River Exhibition, 3977 Portage Ave., Winnipeg.

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June 18-19: Boissevain Fair.

Call 204-534-0857 or email nicolekyle_88@hotmail.com.

June 18-19: Pioneer Power and Equipment 20th annual club show, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum grounds, Brandon Airport. Call 204-7634342 or 204-729-8331.

June 24-25: Killarney Fair.

Call 204-523-8289 or email killarneyag@live.ca.

June 25: Delodaze, Deloraine Fairgrounds. Call 204-7473668 or visit delowin.ca/ delodaze-2016/.

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Neepawa

Hamiota

Gladstone

Rapid City

1

Melita

Brandon

Boissevain

Elm Creek

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

1

Steinbach

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antique Equipment FOR SALE: 1944 (204)529-2336.

JD

A.R,

running.

Phone

AG DEALS TO GO!

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

AUCTION SALE

ACREAGE AUCTION PLUS TOOLS

John & Linda Berg

Sat., May 21st, 2016 @ 10:00 am Zhoda, MB 2 Miles Southeast on Hwy 12 Then 1 1/2 Miles South on Rd 44E #16097 AUCTION NOTE: The Bergs are planning on Moving Their Farming Operation To A New Location!

Contact: (204) 425-3125

Recreation (Some Vintage): 06 Yamaha Kodiak 350 cc 4 x 4 * 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 * 70's Bombardier 50 cc Moped * 98 Polaris XC Indy 700 Snowmobile * 99 Polaris Indy Trail 500 Snowmobile * Tour Bags * 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 * 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 *Gas Pressure Washer * AC/DC Welder * Drill Press * Dust Collector System * Shop Smith * Band Saw * Sand Blasting Cabinet * Power Tools *Air Tools * Hand Tools * Specialty Tools * Antiques: Harley Davidson Horn *Saddle Bags * Brass Auto Horn * Wood Index Cabinet * Misc: 3) Western Saddles 1) Kenway 16" * Driving Harness * Horse Grooming * Electric Fencer * Motorcycle Jack * 12 Volt 8000lb Winch * Home Repair Items * Some Household

Equipment: Miller 16' Offset Disc * NH 357 Mix Mill * NH 490 12' Haybine * HD 3 PH 6' Angle Blade * Farm King 3 PH 5' Cult * 3 PH Stone Puller * 3 PH Bale Forks * 2) 3 PH 5th Wheel Hitch Convertors * MF 655 15' Swather * Farmhand Grinder Blower * JD 16' Tandem Disc * Int 45 20' Vibra Cult * 3 PH Int 5B Plow * Graham 12" Deep Tiller * Landroller 24" Drum 20' Wide * Hyd Stone Picker * 10 Sections Hang Up Harrows * 14' Tote Tank * Hyd Harrow Cart * JD Pull Type 5' Rotary Mower * Shop Built Trailer * Post Pounder (Needs Pump) * Dual 600 Tandem Manure Spreader * 2 Int Side Delivery Rakes * Int 7' Trailer Sickle Mower * Hyd Tilt 10' Gravel Trailer * 4 Wheel Farm Wagon * 10' Lane Drag * Hyd Drill Fills Trucks: 91 Ford 2500 7.3 Dsl , 4x4 Ext Cab w 9' Deck & Hoist * 87 Int S1900 466 Auto w 17 Yrd Garbage Box w Hyd Packer -Truck & Box - Could be Sold Separately * 73 Ford F 880 Bin Hauler * 76 Int 1600 School Bus (Storage) 75 Ford 350 w 10' B & H * 78 Ford 150 4 x 4 351- body rough * 58 Ford F800 Big Job All Wheel Drive (Rare Truck) Cab & Chasis * 60's Dodge 3 Ton w 13' Gravel B & H * Steel Deck 18' For 3 Ton * 2) 14' Garbage Truck Bins Tractors & FEL: Cockshutt 1650 Gas NR * 2 Stage Forklift Mast * Massey 44 Special * Workmaster 800 FEL * Farmhand FEL * JD 35 FEL * FEL Bale Forks * 7' Loader Bucket * 7' Blade Car, Moped & Camper: 67 Ford Mustang 2 Dr 302 4 Barrel Headers, Dual Exhaust A/Trans Restored (Subject to Owners Approval of Last Bid) * 1970 Motobecane 50cc Moped * 04 Honda Scooter (Autopac write off) Antiques Tractors & Equip: 40 JD AR Unstyled * 44 JD BNarrow FRT * 41 JD A Narrow FRT w Fenders * MH 444 Dsl HL Range * JD 10' Double Disc * Int 24 Run Seeder SAFAGA * 2) Saulky Plow 1) JD * 2) Int Breaking Plows * Teatons Scuffler * Dump Rake * Enclosed Sleigh * Steel Wheels * Steel Wheels * Pepsi Sign * Cream Separator * Tractor Manuals & Brochures * Blue Willow Place Setting * Tea Set * Hand Water Pump * Painted Washstand * Clothes Horse * Wood Frame Windows * Household: York Home Gym * Reclinging Chairs * Bar Fridge * Coffee & End Table * Various Household * Manual Meat Tenderizer * Patio Chairs * Lawn Swing Misc: Generator 3500 Watt * HD Metal A Frame * Hyd Press* Various Shop Items * Some Tools * Elec/Hyd Power Pac * Pedistal Tire Changer * Welding Helmut * 4" Tubing * Various Scrap * Some Copper & Al * 3 HP Elec Motors * Fuel Slip Tank * Tow Bar * Construction Scaffolding * Home Repair Items * Construction Heater * New Gas Hedge Trimmer * Push Gas Mower * 2) Auto Waterers * 2) Bus Calf Shelters * Small Calf Trailer * Fencing Tools * 30 Railway Ties Auto, Tractor & Implement Parts: Ford 6.9 Dsl Engine (parts) * Ford 7.3 L Dsl Heads Injectors - Fuel Pump * 54 Dodge Hemi 8 Cyl 354 * Mercedes 4 Cyl Dsl Engine * 5th Wheel Hitches * Semi Hitch * 20' Truck Tow Boom * Truck Axels * Various Auto Parts * Set of 4 Steel Wheels for JD AR * JD A Parts * 3) JD 2 Cyl Gas Engine * JD AR Rims * 6) JD Plow Shears * PTO'S Hyd. Cyl * Baler Belting * 4) 18.4 34 Tires & Rims * 4) 18.4 38 38 Tires & Rims * 2) 13- 36 Tires & Rims * Various Auto & Implement Tires

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Farm auction

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Moving & Estate Wed., May 18th @ 4:00 pm

Moving & Estate Wed., May 25th @ 4:00 pm ANNUAL SPRING EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT

for Olive & the late Don Olsufka

Sat., June 18th @ 10:00 am

Arden, Manitoba at 10:00 AM

Go To Website for Viewing or Call to Consign!

Sat., may 14, 2016 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.

Featured Items: 2009 MF 5455 Dyna 4, FWA, 3ph, 2600 Hrs • 2003 Challenger RB 56 Round Bale • 1995 Jiffy Bale Processor • New Idea 3732 Manure Spreader, excellent condition • 1995 Blue Hills Livestock Trailer,16’ (new floor and repainted)

PLEASE VIEW OUR WEBSITE www.lamportanddowler.com FOR FULL LISTING AND PICTURES! Plan to attend this complete farm auction of well maintained farm and cattle equipment including various shop and misc. items. Hope to see you there!

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

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Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive Stuart McSherry

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

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

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Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

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FOR MARIE SARRASIN

Download the app at agreader.ca/mbc AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

ANNUAL PRE-HAYING EQUIPMENT AUCTION AT FRASER AUCTION YARD OF BRANDON MB EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016 • 9:00 A.M. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: Farm & Industrial Equipment *Trucks *Trailers *Livestock Handling Equipment *Vehicles *Lawn & Leisure *Shop Equipment & Tools, 3PT Hitch & Acreage Equipment * Plus Misc. Pallet Lots & Soooo Much More!!!

CONSIGN EARLY – THIS WILL BE A VERY LARGE AND WELL ATTENDED SALE Call our office now to consign to this very well attended consignment auction.

1-800-483-5856 or email office@fraserauction.com

MORE EQUIPMENT IS BEING ADDED TO THIS SALE WEEKLY! FOR A WEEKLY UPDATED LIST WITH FULL DETAILS AND PICTURES GO TO: www.fraserauction.com

FARM AUCTION

SATURDAY MAY 28th 10:00 AM

Location: From Woodmore Store, 2 Miles West, 1 1/4 Mile South (near woodmore, mb) Partial List: TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT • 2955 John Deere Diesel Tractor, Cab, MFWD, 265 JD Loader, Buck & Grapple, 3PTH, 20.8R38 Rear Tires • Round Bale Forks fit 265 JD Loader • 930 Case Diesel Comfort King • 8N Ford Tractor, w/ 3PTH • HD 8ft 3PTH Blade • 16ft Tandem Axle Car Hauler Trailer • New Holland 851 Round Baler • New Holland 269 Sq Baler • I4-292 Ford Square Baler • Allied Stooker • 490 New Holland Haybine • 21ft Versatile Pull Type Swather • 20ft 36 Massey Ferguson Swather • 12ft John Deere Cultivator • 12ft John Deere Press Drill • 6ft 3PTH Cultivator • Farm Wagon Running Gear • 3 Bottom Plow w/ Power Lift • 5ft Pull Type Sickle Mower • Row Crop Horse Drawn Cultivator on Steel • 1 Way Discer • 24ft Versatile Auger

ANTIQUE & HORSE EQUIPMENT • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

English Saddle Saddle Pads Bridles, Halters & Lead Ropes 2 Wheel Sulky Pony Cart Double Set of Harness HD Blacksmith Anvil Ice Tongs Horse Collar w/ Clock Buck Saw Cookstove w/ Bun Warmer, Boiler Highboy Dresser Oak Round Table w/ Chairs, Hutch & Mirror (Over 100 YRS) Wrote Iron Bed Electric Butter Churn Water Pump Petal Car Press Back Rocking Chair Butter Churn Hand Crank Horse Clipper Metal Toys Wooden Risk Game Kids Sleigh Gramaphone PLUS LAWN & GARDEN, TOOLS & SHOP EQUIPMENT

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

Live Internet Bidding

Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, MB PARTIAL LIST: 2014 John Deere 6190R, Cab, Loader, MFWD, 3 PTH, 50Km/h iVT Trans, 700hrs *John Deere 8640 4WD Tractor *18ft Cultivator w/ Valmar 1600 Air Seeder *Mac Don 608 Bale Carrier *Wishek 842-N Tandem Disc *New Holland DuraVee 1428 Wheel Rake, 14 Wheel, 28.5’ *John Deere 946 Mower Conditioner *2010 Forest River Wildwood 27ft Bumper Hitch Camper w/ Bunks *2008 Cherokee 28ft Bumper Hitch Trailer w/ Bunks *2005 Jayco Jay Feather 25ft Bumper Hitch Trailer w/ 1 Slide *16ft Aluminum Fishing Boat w/ 50 HP Outboard *2008 Ram 3500 Quad Cab, Cummins Diesel, 200K, Salvageable needs repair * Wheeled & Tracked Excavators *Semi Load Of New Sheet Metal Tin Siding *Fork Lifts *Trucks *Trailers *WATCH FOR FULL LISTING THIS WILL BE A BIG SALE!! CONSIGNMENTS MUST BE IN YARD BY MAY 31st FULL LISTING & LIVE INTERNET BIDDING AT PENNERAUCTIONS.COM

Brandon, MB | 204.727.2001 office@fraserauction.com

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions RON & SANDRA RUDOSKI AUCTION Acreage Auction Sat., May 21st, 2016. 10:00am. 10-KM W ON #52, 6 S OF YORKTON. YORKTON, SK. CONTACT: (306)621-1997 or (306)782-4288.

ACREAGE EQUIP: 2008 JD 5203 Tractor FWA, 3-PTH, 3 cyl, DSL w/JD 522 FEL, roll bar, quick attach bucket & fork, 349-hrs, mint; 2 yr old Land Pride Mower 6-ft., 3-PTH, like new; 10-ft. Morris Challenger 3-PTH cult mounted harrows; Quad Sprayer; ATV Wagon; Complete barn video camera 250-ft. cable; 1998 Angle haul 16-ft. tandem axle horse trailer 7-ft. wide, tack compartment, excellent; *1934 Oliver Manure Spreader rubber tires, horse drawn* *HORSE, TACK, & EQUIP:* Welsh pony team harness w/side drops, hip drops, scotch tops; 2 team driving harness open bridle; 1 team pony harness; Breast Plate team harness (1,000-lb horses); Buggy team harness complete w/collars & lines; Breast plate single harness (small horse); Pair of 72-in. quilted blankets; Pair of 72-in. cooler blankets; 12-15 mini blankets; Feed bags; Mini halters & assortment of bridles; Cow & goat bells; Oxen bell; Large assortment of many harness, etc.; Large assortment of leather repair; 15-in. Western rawhide saddles w/bridles, halters; 14-in. Kenway #36 saddle, complete; 3 kids saddles; Very large supply of bridles, halters, neck yokes, leather supplies, bits, etc. Plus driveway ornaments, horse related equip, carts, feeders, panels, etc. shop & misc. Note: Ron & Sandra are selling the acreage.

They have raised, showed & raced miniature horses for over 35 yrs. There are thousands of horse related items. JD tractor is mint. if you are a “horse man,” don’t miss this sale! Visit www.ukranitezauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #91585

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

TRUCK & SUV

TRANSMISSION REPAIR

• Commercial • Quick Turn Around • Large Inventory of Factory Fresh Transmissions • Half Ton to Mid Range • Custom Re-builds • Differentials & Transfer Cases

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.7529

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

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

AUCTION SALES

Lam

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Balmoral, MB East 2 Miles on Hwy 236 Then North 2 1/8 Miles on Rd 7E #86119 Contact: (204) 467-5161

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Carberry

Souris

Reston

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Sunday, May 15th @ 11:00 am

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Tracy Hunter (Late Tim)

Winnipegosis

Roblin

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

Springfield Rd. & Hwy. #59, Wpg. (across from Star Builders)

204-661-3983

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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.

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ROLLWORKS

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

TRACTORS John Deere

WANTED: FRONT END LOADER to fit 400 John Deere garden tractor or 420 John Deere. Call (204) 222-5479 after 6 pm.

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

HAYING & HARVESTING Decker Colony, Decker MB

FACTORY DIRECT METAL ROOFING SIDING CLADDING

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CALL TODAY 204-412-0234  204-764-0527 rollworksinc@gmail.com

BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

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

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

FYFE PARTS

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

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

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

CONTRACTING

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

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 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.

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

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

(204)857-8403 www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

BUILDINGS

HESSTON 4925 ACCUMULATOR MINOR fire damage; JD 535 round all options rotation tires as new; NH 495 High River AB (403)938-3888 METADOR SWATH TURNER, GOOD condition.

Phone (204)770-0040.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

Rebuilt Concaves

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

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

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

Combines 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.

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 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 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.

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.

BUILDINGS

Book NOW for spring building!!

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

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.

FOR SALE: JD 2950 2WD, CAH, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s; JD 2950 MFWD, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s, w/loader; 2, JD 4050 MFWD, 3-pt, PS, w/o loaders; JD 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD, w/265 loader; JD 4255 2WD, quad shift, 3-pt., never had loader, mint; JD 4640 Quad, 3 hyd’s; JD 6400 2WD, PQ w/RHS, 3-pt, w/loader; 2, JD 6400 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/RHS, w/640 loader; JD 7220 MFWD, AQ w/LHR, 3-pt., 3 hyd’s w/741 loader; Case MXM 140, MFWD, 3-pt, 3 hyd’s w/loader, 5,000-hrs. All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. Now a Husqvarna Dealer, w/a full line of Husqvarna Equipment. Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. St. Claude, MB. Phone (204)750-2459 (cell) Mitchstractorsales.com 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

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.

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.

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

TRACTORS Versatile 1984 “555” VERS 4WD duals, PTO, 1,800-hrs on complete drop in engine, clean tractor, $19,500.

(204)746-2016, Morris, MB.

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive DEUTZ-ALLIS 7110, 4040-HRS, 110-HP, dual Hyd & PTO, cab, air, 18.4x38, $16,000. (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com , Minitonas, MB

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

Call:(204)837-1553.

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

CONTRACTING Custom Work

CASE IH 8455 ROUND baler, PU recently rebuilt, numerous spare parts, $4,200.

Phone (204)467-5093

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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.

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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.

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

Tillage & Seeding TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Drills 2007 MODEL 1830 JD air drill w/270-bus 2003 Model JD 1900 air cart. Double chute, blockage monitors & Dutch ind. openers, 4-in steel packers w/34-ft, $70,000. (204)747-4009.

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

Phone: (204)745-7445.

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

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 2 IHC 12-FT MODEL 310 discers w/harrows, excellent condition. Phone (204)770-0040.

DUPLEX 15-FT. DISCERS LATEST CI model 1001 good condition, easy transport, large capacity seed/fertilizer box, asking $1,000. (204)392-4023 PLANTERS JD 7200 8 Row, 30-in., Finger PU, Monitor, Reconditioned Field Ready, $16,900; JD 7200 12 Row, 30-in., Finger PU, Monitor, Reconditioned, Field Ready, $18,900; White 6122 12 Row, 30-in., Vacuum, Monitor Reconditioned, Field Ready, $16,900; JD 1750 8 Row, 30-in., Vacuum, Monitor, Reconditioned, Field Ready, $18,900; JD 7200 16 Row Front Fold, 30-in., 3-Bu Seed Boxes, Monitor, Always kept in a shed, $22,500. Call Gary (204)326-7000 Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd. Hwy 12N, Steinbach, MB www.reimerfarmequipment.com

TracTors TRACTORS Case/ IH 1983 IHC 5088, 130 Hp, 8900-hrs, Triple Hydl, dual PTO, 18.4x38 duals, well maintained. $16,500 204-525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com Minitonas, MB 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 Various FOR SALE: 2- 110 white tractor C.A.H., 60-hrs on complete engine overhaul, hyds, PTO & PWR shift rebuilt, new clutch, injection pump & injectors done.

(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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LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

Gladstone Auction Mart May 17th

Bred Cow & Cow/Calf Sale

Along With Our Regular Feeder Sale Also Our Summer Schedule Sale Days May 3rd & 10th June 14th & 28th July 12th For More Info Call the Mart at (204)385-2537 License #1108

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Saturday, May 14th at 10:00 am

Bred Cow Sale

Monday May 30th at 12:00 Noon Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

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

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

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 2-YR OLD REGISTERED RED Angus Bulls, semen tested & guaranteed to breed, birth weights range between 85-95-lbs, delivery available. Phone Dick (204)427-3234.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 YR OLD PB Bulls. Phone (204)371-6404.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 1 & 2 YR old Char bulls, Seminole grandsons, $3,500-4,000. Daybreak Charolais (204)381-1240.

1 2-YR OLD POLLED Charolais Bull, grandson of Bluegrass, will be easy calving, good disposition, semen tested. Must be seen; Also 2 polled yearlings, grandsons of Bluegrass. K.E.H Charolais Keith Hagan (204)748-1024, Virden.

1 PB CHAR 2-yr old bulls for sale, good dispositions, $4,000. Phone (204)843-2917, Amaranth, MB. 2-YEAR OLD & YEARLING bulls sired by Silver Bullet & Specialist. For calving ease & yearling growth, Polled & semen tested. Martens Charolais & Seed (204)534-8370.

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.

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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 20 OPEN DE-HORNED YEARLING Hereford heifers. Call (306)743-5105, Langenburg SK. See www.vcherefordfarm.com FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

PB POLLED HERFORD BULLS coming 2 yr old, developed slowly on a mostly forage ration, quiet, roped to tie, guaranteed, delivery avail. Herefords for over 75 years. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS. Vern Kartanson, Phone: (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315.

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MARVIN HOMES INC- SINCE 1976- Your READY TO MOVE HOME BUILDER for 40 YEARS. Avail soon 1,560-sq.ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath front covered deck & roof dormers. Contact us for more info & pricing. marvinhomesinc@live.com MARVIN VOGT, MARVIN HOMES, Mitchell, MB. (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484. www.marvinhomes.ca

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.

Bulls For Sale Four, one year simmental cross Red Angus bulls for sale. Out of good uddered/milking/footed cows.

90-100 lb birth weights. (204)750-2345 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 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 FOR SALE: 10-12 SIMM cows/heifers, Bred Simm/Angus to calve July/Aug. Call (204)585-5370, Sandy Lake, MB.

LIVESTOCK Horses – Draft WANTED: DRAFT TEAM FOR fieldwork chores, not over 17-hand, 4-10-yrs old.

Phone (807)475-8761.

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REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 145-acs of ORGANIC FARM LAND & open concept home w/3,296-sq.ft. of living space. Walk-out basement, cathedral ceilings & solid oak flooring w/ceramic tiles. Home & Garage heated by geothermal furnace & floor heating. (204)937-3160 Web Site: www.boggycreek.ca GARY FILIPCHUK OF GARLAND is offering the following private land for sale: SW 3-32-21W; SE 3-32-21W; SW 35-31-21W; NW 35-31-21W. The successful purchaser will be considered by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for possible transfer of the Crown land forage lease associated with this ranch unit. This forage lease currently consists of the following: NE 19-31-21W; NW 23-31-21W; NW 34-31-21W. If you wish to purchase the private land contact the Lessee Gary Filipchuk at PO Box 13, Garland, MB R0L 0W0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax 204-867-6578.

RALPH KETEL OF PINE RIVER intends to sell private lands: SW 14-33-23W; S1/2 23-33-23W; SE 12-33-23W; N1/2 14-33-23W; SE 14-33-23W; E1/2 10-33-23W; N1/2 12-33-23W; SW 12-33-23W; NW 02-33-23W; E1/2 03-33-23W; SW 03-33-23W E1/2; SW 07-33-22W WEST OF HWY; N1/2 01-33-23W; SE 01-33-23W; SE 31-32-22W N1/2; NE 36-32-23W; W1/2 06-33-22W to Raymond and Austin Larocque who will be considered by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for possible transfer of the Crown land forage lease associated with this ranch unit. This forage lease currently consists of the following: SW 01-33-23W; E1/2 02-33-23W; SW 02-33-23W; SEC 11-33-23W

by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the potential transfer of this forage lease to this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax 204-867-6578.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) 1000 head feedlot, Hartney. 2) 1732 deeded acs w/4,425-acs of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, very good buildings & metal corral system, can carry 450 cow/calf pairs. 3) 1,270 deeded ac cattle farm by Lac du Bonnet, 640-acs Crown land, turnkey operation. 4) Cattle ranch, Pine River, 3,300 deeded & 1,200-acs Crown land. 5) Excellent horse ranch in Erickson MB, Riding Arena & Bldgs in Fantastic condition. Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, MB, www.homelifepro.com PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE FARM 313-ACRES OF PRIME FARMLAND JUST OUTSIDE OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE BEHIND THE SHELL STATION. CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A SOD FARM. RIVER ACCESS FOR IRRIGATION & CELL TOWER RENTER ON PROPERTY.JUST OFF TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY. $3,130,000 (204)338-0351 GWENMMB@AOL.COM

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Digital farming could spell shakeup for crop chemicals sector Farmers are learning how to use fewer inputs and that’s sparking new investments in precision agriculture

By Ludwig Burger Irlbach, Germany / Reuters

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lobal pesticides, seeds and fertilizer companies may be forced to reengineer their business models as farmers adopt specialist technology that helps maximize harvests while reducing the use of crop chemicals.

New businesses are springing up that promise to tell farmers how and when to till, sow, spray, fertilize or pick crops based on algorithms using data from their own fields.

Their emphasis on reducing the use of chemicals and minerals known as farming inputs is a further challenge for an industry already struggling with weak agricultural markets worldwide.

“If our only goal is to sell as much inputs as possible by the litres of chemicals, I think we would have a real problem going forward,” said Liam Condon, head of Crop Science at Bayer, the world’s secondlargest pesticides supplier.

Bayer bought proPlant, a developer of software for plant health diagnostics, earlier this year. Rivals are also investing in digital farming with the aim of generating service revenues that could offset any future drop in chemicals volumes.

“If you only spray half of the field that’s much less inputs,” Condon added. “The knowledge to get to the fact that you only spray that part of the field — that, you can sell.”

After an aborted takeover move for Syngenta, U.S. seeds giant Monsanto says data science and services are the “glue that holds the pieces together” of its strategy for future growth.

Monsanto’s $1-billion purchase in 2013 of the Climate Corporation, which analyzes weather conditions, was the

Crop protection companies are facing growing challenges from digital farming, a new model that could reduce input use. photo: jeannette greaves

digital farming sector’s biggest deal to date.

DuPont is investing in digital farm management services under its Encirca brand, which it said in March had customers representing more than one million acres of farmland.

Monsanto’s failed swoop on Syngenta triggered a bout of merger and acquisition activity that has left the global seeds and pesticides industry in turmoil. The sector has annual sales of more than $100 billion, while fertilizers are worth around $175 billion.

Dow Chemical and DuPont are set to merge in the second half of this year while stateowned ChemChina agreed a takeover of Syngenta in February.

On the ground At the 970-hectare farm in Bavar ia where Juergen Schwarzensteiner rotates corn, potatoes and grains, satellite maps and software supplied three years ago by a unit of farming goods distributor BayWa have prompted many changes.

These include reducing the overuse of nitrogen fertilizer — a risk to drinking water

quality and the environment — and cutting down on other fertilizers.

“This plot has had top yields consistently over the years, where I used to just say, that’s great,” says the farmer, eyeing a red and green patterned computer map showing big discrepancies in how well plants are growing just half a mile apart.

“Then we got the digital maps and differences became apparent that were not clear to the eye before.”

Schwarzensteiner’s experiences using the technology have secured him a side job advising a farm in Siberia that is about 100 times the size of the one he manages at Irlbach, near the Danube River in Germany.

As well as BayWa’s FarmFacts, farm management software startups include Iowa-based Farmers Business Network Inc., backed by Alphabet Inc. and investor Kleiner Perkins, and Missouri-based FarmLink LLC. All aim to provide farmers with individualized prescriptions on how to work each field down to a fraction of an acre, using data they have collected on soil and weather conditions, the use of crop chemicals and crop yields. Feedback from the

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farmers they have advised in turn allows the companies to fine-tune their computer models of plant growth.

Risks and challenges According to market research firm AgFunder, venture capital investments in food and agriculture technology nearly doubled to $4.6 billion last year, with “precision agriculture” startups raising $661 million in 2015, up 140 per cent from 2014.

Syngenta bought seven agricultural technology firms last year alone, AgFunder said.

For now, the main aim of these companies is to help farmers using their drones, field robots, decision support software and smart irrigation systems to boost yields, said Carsten Gerhardt, a chemicals industry specialist at advisers A.T. Kearney.

“But in the mid- to longer term, I also expect there to be a reduction in the use of input factors by about 30 to 40 per cent,” he added.

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Eric Bartels, a partner at McKinsey who focuses on the agricultural industry, said developing new pesticides would help companies hedge against any drop in sales, however, because farmers will pay a premium to keep their fields pest free.

Another question is whether today’s chemicals and farm nutrients giants can capture the farm management software market for themselves. Gerhardt said digital startups would struggle to catch up with established players’ knowledge of plant biology and the farm business, and to build a global sales network.

But Rabobank’s farm sector analyst Harry Smit says crop chemicals and seed players diversifying into such services will struggle to be seen as providers of impartial advice.

That was one of the reasons why German grain and sugar beet seed maker KWS Saat, among the world’s top five seed makers, decided not to invest in digital farming platforms.

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CRTC calls Internet a necessity Modern telecommunications are still rare as hen’s teeth in rural areas, but hope is on the horizon

BY SHANNON VANRAES

“There is a lot of hours, even on a large modern farm, where you or your employees are working by themselves, so that whole necessity to monitor and make sure everyone is looked after is more prevalent that ever.”

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mid-hearing speech, made by the chairman of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, is welcome news to rural advocates of digital equality.

In recent televised remarks, JeanPierre Blais said the necessity of broadband Internet access was a “selfevident truth,” shifting the focus of the current review of basic telecommunications services from proving the need for basic telecommunication, to examining how they can be delivered. “ T h a t ’s h u g e , ” s a i d Wa y n e Anderson, speaking by phone from the small island of cellular service that exists around the town of Piney.

Anderson, who represents the Rural Municipality of Piney as reeve, and others lobbied hard for years to get service in the town site. They’re continuing to work with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities to bring cellular service to the southeast corner of the province.

“We had put forth a resolution to have the CRTC lobbied to make it an essential service, because it is an essential service,” he said.

In the spring of 2012 the need for better telecommunications was starkly illustrated, as massive wildfires across the rural municipalities of Piney and Stuartburn made communication both imperative and impossible.

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“When we had those fires... emergency services lost radio contact and we have no cell service, then we had water bombers coming in, and it was just a fiasco,” said Anderson.

Accessing high-speed Internet is also challenging and expensive, if not impossible, in rural and northern areas of the province.

“We do have some MTS high-speed Internet in a couple of small hamlets, but it does not reach into the country at all and it’s very spotty.

We had one Internet provider come by some years back and put up tiny towers, which don’t work very well,” Anderson said.

A t t h e Ke y s t o n e A g r i c u l t u r a l Producers annual general meeting this winter, two of the resolutions put forward by members concerned telecommunications, expressing a desire for better cellular service as well as high-speed Internet access.

“It’s really good they are addressing this,” said Dan Mazier, KAP president.

“Because our request is to have 25 megabits of service to all of Canada by the year 2020. Right now we are sitting around five or 10 megabits. You can

get 12 or 15 through some service providers in rural Manitoba, but it is very, very expensive.”

Whether on their smartphones, a laptop or a desktop, Mazier said producers today rely on the Internet to run their businesses. Information, sales, purchases, regulations, program applications and more are all handled electronically, with data-heavy farming playing an increasingly important role in efficient production practices.

“I can do this job so much better now with Internet, with cell service,” Mazier said.

And then there is the safety aspect.

“There is a lot of hours, even on a large modern farm, where you or your employees are working by themselves, so that whole necessity to monitor and make sure everyone is looked after is more prevalent that ever,” said Mazier.

For Anderson, who operates an emergency tow truck, safety is also paramount when it comes to having cellular service.

“A lot of time I have customers who are stranded for long periods of time, and they are trying to use their cell-

phones, but there is no service like they are used to having in Winnipeg,” he said.

Neither Mazier or Anderson buy the argument that rural telecommunications can only be justified with a business plan, stressing the essential nature of the services.

MTS tells us it does not want to do anything about it, because it does not make business sense to provide phone service out there, that there are not enough customers to sign up is what it is saying,” explained Anderson. “But we don’t think that’s a fair yardstick.

The yardstick should be things like safety. There are a lot of customers driving through the area who need service too.”

Mazier believes the ultimate responsibility lies with the federal government and regulatory bodies, like the CRTC. “Government should have a set of rules to let business know that this is what will be provided, rather than you live in an urban centre or a rural or remote centre. It needs to say to the companies, you need to provide the same service across Canada, we don’t care how you do it, you figure it out, but the service has to be there if you want a licence,” said Mazier. “There is no reason why we can’t get service all over Manitoba. I mean to live in a modern-day society, we need access to these kinds of services.”

The findings of the CRTC’s review of basic telecom services are expected to be released later this year. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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White House kitchen garden used to promote nutrition, tackle obesity Michelle Obama hopes the next first family will continue the garden and turn it into a White House tradition

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

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hen Michelle Obama vacates the White House early next year, she will leave her kitchen garden, but not her passion for better health for Americans.

“The first lady is incredibly dedicated to this work,” Deb Eschmeyer, head of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! program and a senior adviser for nutrition policy, told repor ters attending the North American A g r i c u l t u ra l Jo u r n a l i s t s’ annual meeting April 25. “It is her passion. It is her life mission.”

Obama, along with the help of elementary students from several schools with garden programs, planted this year’s White House kitchen garden April 11 — the eighth since Obama dug up a piece of the White House south lawn in 2009 to plant vegetables to promote nutritious food and exercise to Americans, and especially children. “ ( T h e g a rd e n ) t a k e s t h e conversation to a whole other level,” Obama said during this year’s planting party.

The kitchen garden is part of Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ camp a i g n , c r e a t e d t o re d u c e childhood obesity to five per cent by 2030 from the current 17 per cent. About 31 per cent of American children are overweight or obese.

P r o p o r t i o n a t e l y, a d u l t A me r ic a ns are fatter than Canadians, but Canadians are catching up. Sixty-seven per cent of Americans 20 years and older are over weight, including 34 per cent who are obese, according to the U.S. Center For Disease Control. “ T h e p h y s i cal and emot i o n a l h e a l t h of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake,” Obama s a y s o n t h e L e t ’s M o v e ! website.

Over the last 30 years childhood obesity in United States has tripled, the website says. “ I f w e d o n’t s o l v e t h i s p r o b l e m , o n e - t h i rd o f a l l ( A m e r i c a n ) c h i l d re n b o r n in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives,” the website reads. “Many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and asthma.”

These days kids exercise less and eat more high-calorie snacks and fast food.

Americans eat 31 per cent more calories than 40 years ago, including 56 per cent more fats and oils and 14 per cent more sugars and sweeteners.

“The average American now eats 15 more pounds of sugar a year than in 1970.”

Obama’s kitchen garden was the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1943 Victory Garden, part of the war effort.

“This is my baby,” Obama s a i d p l a n t i n g d a y, a d d i n g

she hopes the new president keeps the garden, turning it into a White House tradition.

The garden also helps kids learn more about food, Eschmeyer said.

“What’s so beautiful is it’s getting kids connected with food and fibre and appreciating our farmers and fishers and everything that they’ve done to feed our country,” she said. “It’s something we are very proud of and we are going to continue to work o n w e l l p a s t t h e c u r re n t administration.”

The kitchen garden, which is mainly tended to by volunteer White House staff, is not just symbolic — the produce is consumed by the Obama family and is also served at state dinners. “ You are literally seeing what the president and first lady are eating every night,” Eschmeyer said. Surplus p r o d u c e g o e s t o Mi r i a m’s Kitchen, a local organization that prepares fresh, healthy meals for the homeless.

Fruit trees, a pollinator garden and honeybees have been added to the garden, which is producing something all year.

In April spring crops, such as lettuce and onions, are grown.

After the risk of frost passes, tomatoes — which the Obamas love, says Eschmeyer — peppers and eggplants are planted.

Hoop houses allow lettuce and cabbage to be grown during the mild Washington, D.C. winters.

The garden has been effective, Eschmeyer said.

“There’s been a real culture shift around people caring about what they’re eating and physical activity and a lot is because we’ve made healthy eating fun and accessible and approachable,” she said. “ We’v e s e e n t h i s re s u rgence in gardens in schools everywhere.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Deb Eschmeyer, executive director of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! program and senior adviser for nutrition policy, says the White House kitchen garden has been effective in promoting community gardens, nutritious eating and the need to tackle obesity, especially among children. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

“The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake.”

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This is the eighth planting of Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden, seen here April 25.

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

Rails to paths draw users When the trains disappeared from rural subdivisions a new opportunity was created

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

D

ennis Rogasky remembers the reaction when local residents first learned Canadian National Railway was abandoning its line between Rossburn and Neepawa.

That was 20 years ago, and bad news to those living in the agricultural-based area.

“It was devastating for everybody,” said the Elphinstone-area farmer.

“Not only that it would mean it would no longer transport commodities,” he said. “The railway has always served as a lifeline for these communities.”

But not much time elapsed between that “oh no,” and doing something different.

Just a year later, the first meeting of a new Rossburn Subdivision Trail Association was held, and work got underway to convert the rail bed into a 171-km recreational trail.

That initiative saw nearly two dozen municipalities and towns collaborate to establish a recreational trail now used by both visitors to Manitoba and local residents alike. It is now a key link in the national Trans Canada Trail.

Their trail winds through hilly, picturesque countryside and has been a draw to hikers, cyclists, horseback riders and snowmobilers in winter, says Rogasky.

It’s a public asset they’re very proud of and an opportunity they’re glad they seized when it came along, Rogasky said. “We were lucky we were able to grab that opportunity.”

That’s the story he’ll share later this month when he speaks at the Manitoba Planning Conference during a session devoted to how rural areas converted abandoned railways and associated lands, including station grounds, to new uses over the years.

Area residents did the same thing in Headingley and Cartier in the early 2000s. Today a former CN railway bed crossing the two municipalities is a 10-km hiking and cycling trail that connects to Beaudry Park, just outside Winnipeg.

The Headingley Grand Truck Railway Trail, named after the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, disused since 1972, is very popular with cyclists, walkers, cross-country skiers, and many, many dog walkers, said Karl Gompf, a member of the association that came together to establish it. Its proximity to Winnipeg has drawn hundreds of schoolchildren, birdwatcher groups, women’s walking clubs, geocachers, and even a group called the “Pain in the Assiniboine” that cycle the trail then canoe the nearby river.

“We’re now seldom on the trail when we don’t see somebody,” says Gompf. That’s gratifying since the whole idea

“We were lucky we were able to grab that opportunity.”

Dennis Rogasky chair Rossburn Subdivision Trail Association

behind creating this was to give people a place to spend time outdoors.

Paved through town Stonewall’s more recently paved five-mile path through town is also a popular recreational feature, says the town’s deputy mayor, Clive Hinds.

The town took possession of the land after the Canadian Pacific Railway ran its last train through here in 1999, but it wasn’t until around 2005, after the rail company took up the ties, that residents turned to it as a walking path. More recently, the town has invested about $130,000 to pave about three miles of it, and that’s resulted in a clear uptick in use, says Hinds.

“It’s more user friendly for motorized scooters and families pushing strollers,” he said.

“And it’s a walking magnet. I’m up at 5 a.m. to go for a run and even that early in the morning I see so many people out walking, and taking their dogs out.”

The Headingley Grand Trunk Trail is a 10-km trail crossing the municipalities of Headingley and Cartier established on abandoned CN railway and one of multiple trails and paths built over the past 25 years using former railway infrastructure. PHOTO: LES McCANN

Not all towns have used abandoned rail land for trails.

In Virden, land left vacant after the CN/CPR line that once intersected their town was used to build homes. “ We h a v e n’t u s e d i t f o r trails,” said Ed Brethour, economic development manager for the town. “I don’t think anyone thought of doing trails. It just seemed natural to infill it and it’s been primar ily for residential and c o m m e rc i a l d e v e l o p m e n t .

It allowed us to grow inside our community on vacant land instead of having urban sprawl.”

What Virden made a priority was finding a new use for its former Canadian Pacific Railway station. Today the impressive fieldstone construction, built in 1900 and n ow l i s t e d w i t h C a n a d a’s Historic Places, is home to various arts and recreation organizations, a tourist visitor stopover, and site of the town’s summer farmers’ markets.

“The town got ownership of it early on, and it had a functional use for the building, that was key.”

Opportunities to convert a b a n d o n e d ra i l b e d s m a y have peaked in much of rural Manitoba, but the push is still on to continue construction of the so-called “linear parks” as these diverse trails are now often called.

More to come They’re now working to create more loops into the Rossburn trail, says Rogasky. There is already a trail linking Erickson and Wasagaming inside Riding Mountain National Park. “ We will be doing more connector trails with Parks Canada,” he said. “We hope to have three more loops so people doing down the trail can loop back to the park towards Wasagaming.”

Gompf said any community contemplating trail construction and wondering if anyone will use it will be surprised.

“This is a ‘build it and they will come’ kind of thing,” he said, adding the alternative, letting land go back to farmland or pass on to developers, means letting a one-time opportunity for making the countryside accessible pass by.

“And once it’s gone, there’s no turning back,” he said.

That is what everyone said when the trains stopped running.

The session on how rural Manitobans found new uses for abandoned railways is part of the three-day conference in Brandon May 18 to 20 where economic development officers, planners and community leaders will be sharing ideas to help communities prepare to meet their current and future needs of a diversifying population. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Prairie fare Freezer meals speed summertime cooking

By JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

A

s I was driving with the window open in my vehicle, the scent of freshly mown grass reminded me that summer is almost here. A little later, my nose detected another sensory delight of spring: the aroma of grilling food.

Although you might be expecting an article about grilling with that opener, I’d like to take us back to winter temperatures. Besides using your grill, how about using your freezer to store some homemade ready-to-cook or ready-to-heat-and-eat freezer meals?

Many people like to ease up on time in the kitchen when the weather allows us to enjoy our gardens and other outdoor activities.

Freezer meals can help.

Freezer meals are the product of a trend known as freezer cooking. The basic concept of freezer cooking is that you spend one day preparing a large quantity of meals that will feed you or your family for two weeks up to two months.

A wide range of freezer meal recipes is available on the Internet, but not all of them are equally nutritious. Look for recipes that provide nutrition information.

Meals are prepared assembly style, packaged, labelled and frozen. Depending on how many freezer meals you prepared, you shouldn’t have to prepare the main entrée again for the next two weeks or a month.

You can save time and potentially money, plus have control over the ingredients in your foods, if you make your own freezer meals. Assembly-style processing saves you time; instead of chopping one onion for each recipe as you need it, you might chop 10 onions at one time and be able to use them for multiple recipes. Even better: You only have to clean up once.

When you are preparing several recipes at once, you may be able to take advantage of buying ingredients in bulk. Bulk purchasing typically provides a lower price per unit on items when you buy them in large quantities.

Freezer storage makes meals convenient.

Simply remove a package the night before to thaw in the refrigerator and reheat or cook for your evening meal the next day.

Additionally, when you have easy-to-prepare meals on hand, you are less likely to order takeout or visit the fast-food drive-thru when you get hungry.

If you never have done any freezer cooking, start small and gradually increase. Try a

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few meals that you know your family will eat, or try a plan for two weeks’ worth of meals if you feel ready. This should take you only about half a day or less to prepare, and the meals can fit in a refrigerator-top freezer.

Remember that certain foods will not reheat well after being frozen. Lettuce, watermelon and tomatoes will become limp.

Cooked potato chunks will become gritty.

Fully cooked pasta may be mushy. Gravies and some dairy products such as cream or milk will separate when frozen. Cooked eggs may become rubbery.

Even if you have a small freezer, freezer meals still can be an option for you. By getting creative and freezing meals flat, you can store about two weeks’ worth of meals in a refrigerator-top freezer. Once meals are frozen, you can reorganize them so they are stacked vertically like a bookshelf, if your freezer allows.

Avoid freezer burn by using a freezer ziptop plastic bag and making sure to remove as much air as possible before sealing. Storing food in smaller quantities allows it to freeze more quickly and gives you the ability to take out only what you need.

Slow Cooker Sloppy Lentils Freezer Meal 1 c. lentils, dry (cooked according to package directions) 1 onion, diced 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste, unsalted 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 c. ketchup 1 tsp. mustard powder 1 tbsp. chili powder

Slow Cooker Sloppy Lentils is a new take on an old favourite and can add fibre, protein, vitamins and minerals to your diet. Photo: NDSU

3 tbsp. molasses or honey 1 tbsp. vinegar 1 c. chicken broth (add at cooking time)

Use a permanent marker to label all food that goes into the freezer so you know what it is. Also include a use-by date (most food will stay good for two to three months from the date it was prepared) and any preparation steps needed to cook the food. That way you don’t have to dig for the recipe when you are ready to cook.

Arrange containers in a single layer so air can circulate and help the food freeze quickly. The faster the food freezes, the better the quality will be when it thaws.

Defrost food in the microwave or refrigerator. Thawing foods at room temperature increases the risk of bacterial contamination.

We recently completed a freezer meals handout with several recipes incorporating pulses such as lentils, dry peas and chickpeas in honor of the International Year of Pulses in 2016.

Pulse foods are good sources of fibre, protein, and many vitamins and minerals. See “On the Pulse of Healthful Eating: Making Freezer Meals With Lentils, Chickpeas and Split Peas,” (at https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ pubs/yf/foods/fn1787.pdf ) for a variety of recipes and more tips about freezer meals.

To freeze: Cook lentils according to package directions. Chop vegetables. Add ingredients to a labelled freezer bag.

To cook: Remove from freezer and place in the refrigerator overnight to thaw. Pour contents into a slow cooker along with 1 cup water or broth. Cook on low five hours.

To serve: Serve on whole wheat buns or bread.

Makes 14 (1/4-cup) servings. Each serving has 90 calories, 0.5 gram (g) fat, 4 g protein, 18 g carbohydrate, 3 g fibre and 190 milligrams sodium.

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A

ndrew Jackson ambled slowly down the sidewalk in the direction of the café.

He reached up to pull down the brim of his new Outback hat, shielding his eyes from the brightness of the hot morning sun. A pickup truck drove towards him on the main street, bright-blue paint sparkling, sunlight reflecting from an abundance of chrome, and Andrew recognized Hardy Kehler’s brand new Dodge Ram. He raised a lazy hand in greeting and Hardy responded with a single raised index finger. Energy must be conserved on unseasonably hot spring days such as this.

A cat stared at Andrew through the widow of the hardware store as he walked past, its tail twitching. Andrew returned the stare. “I know what you’re thinking, cat,” he said aloud. “If you were bigger you’d catch me, and eat me.”

The cat looked away.

Andrew pulled the café door open a minute later and stepped inside. The hum of conversation greeted him as he pushed his hat back on his head and looked around. Three young women sat at the table next to the defunct jukebox in the corner and Andrew recognized one of them as Jennifer’s best friend, Kendra.

Kendra looked up, saw him, and gave him a bright smile. He nodded and smiled in return and she turned back to her conversation. Two men sat at the table by the window. Andrew walked over and the two paused in their conversation.

“Morning.” Grant Toews who was both Andrew’s longtime best friend and Kendra’s father pushed an empty plate to the centre of the table as he spoke. “Hot out there, eh?”

Andrew wiped a few beads of perspiration from his brow as he sat down. “I think this might be more of a rain hat than a sun hat,” he said pushing it even further back.

“It’s a nice hat,” said Jack Martin, who was sitting across from Grant. “Distinctive.”

“It’s only the second time I’m wearing it,” said Andrew. “Funny story. I wore it last week when Rose and I went to the city. It was still cold outside and raining so I was wearing my leather rain slicker and I was just tagging along behind Rose at The Bay when we turned into an aisle and there was this five-year-old kid

The

Jacksons

By Rollin Penner

with his mother, and this kid looked up and saw me and his eyes just went wide and he stared at me for like 20 seconds and then he reached up and grabbed his mommy’s arm and said, look Mommy! I never saw a real cowboy before! And the mother looked up sort of embarrassed so I just leaned down and handed

that little boy a dollar. Little feller, I said, you can tell all your friends that you saw Hank Chisolm, greatest cowboy who ever rode a horse west of the Red River, at The Bay, and he gave you a dollar just to prove it was really him.

Keep your feet in the stirrups pal. And then I walked on up the aisle and disappeared into men’s underwear.” He paused. “Even cowboys gotta have underwear,” he concluded.

“I wouldn’t know,” said Grant. “I’ve never met a real cowboy.”

“Good story though,” said Jack. “The kid will never forget it. Although eventually he’ll probably realize you were just a sheep farmer from Carberry playing dress-up.”

“Probably,” said Andrew. “But we’ll never know, and from now on I think I’d like it if you guys would refer to me simply as Chisolm. Or Mr. Chisolm. Either way.”

“Sure thing Chisolm,” said Grant. “And I’m sure Rose will embroider that inside the elastic of your new Fruit of the Looms.”

“Already done,” said Andrew. “Wanna see?”

“Definitely not,” said Grant and Jack in unison.

There was a lull in the conversation.

“Helluva thing in Fort McMurray,” said Jack at length.

“Unbelievable,” said Grant.

“Some people say it’s karma,” said Jack.

“Some people are morons,” said Andrew.

“I got a cousin up there,” said Grant. “Lost everything. Except the horse he rode out on.

Which was a 2016 BMW coupe, so pretty nice, but still. What a disaster. He and his wife and kids are coming back to Manitoba. They’re gonna have to move in with his parents till they get it sorted out. No job. No house.

Tragic.”

“And a thousand other stories just like that,” said Jack. “Gonna be a challenge looking after those people. Gonna have to learn how to share.”

“We can do that,” said Andrew. “We got more than enough.”

They sat for a moment, thinking their thoughts, before Grant spoke.

“We are the lucky ones,” he said simply.

“Amen,” said Jack.

Black-eyed Susan vine

Creates a massive display of foliage and flowers and blooms until the end of the growing season

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

O

ne of the things we have to do at this time of year is to make plant choices for the garden, deciding which ones will perform best for our particular situations. When we are buying plants for hanging baskets, we must decide on size, foliage and bloom colour, growing habits, and cultural requirements. One plant to consider is thunbergia, more commonly called black-eyed Susan vine.

This vine has been around for a long time but originally it just came in yellow or orange. Now thunbergia plants can have white, red, apricot or salmon flowers, which make them more versatile.

The heart-shaped leaves are bright green and appear alternately on the long, twining stems. The stems are fast growing and by season’s end they can be up to three metres long. No assistance is necessary to get these plants to climb a support; the stems quickly twine around any support and up they climb.

This enthusiastic climbing habit causes a bit of a problem when the plants are grown in hanging baskets and we want them to cascade. They will have to be trained to cascade by untangling the stems, which will inevitably start climbing the handles of the hanging bas-

ket, and letting them tumble down from the basket. Leaving some stems climbing up the handles and encouraging others to start trailing down below the basket will eventually create a massive display of foliage and bloom. The trailing stems will continue their quest to twine and will do so around each other, creating quite a thick mass of foliage.

It is thunbergia’s flowers that are its greatest attraction. The trumpet-shaped blooms have dark-coloured throats, often black but sometimes dark purple, and the plants are covered with bloom right up until the end of the growing season. If you don’t want to grow thunbergia in a hanging basket, it can also be planted in the ground in front of a tall pole or trellis. Soon it will cover the support and be a mass of colour all summer, reaching heights of two to three metres if the support is that high.

Thunbergia likes full sun but will put on a decent display in part shade. It will wilt if its planting medium dries out and the soil must be kept moderately moist at all times. In the ground it may not need fertilizing but a hanging basket should be fertilized regularly with a soluble plant food as there is a lot of growth to sustain. Outdoors, thunbergia is usually pest free, but it can also be grown indoors as a houseplant, where it might be attacked by mites, scale, or whitefly.

Because it is susceptible to such pest

Leaving some stems climbing up the handles and encouraging others to start trailing down below the basket will eventually create a massive display of foliage and bloom.

infestations when grown as a houseplant, it is not commonly grown indoors, where it would need to be placed in front of a sunny window. Regular showers and vigilance to catch such problems would be required.

If you do decide to bring a thunbergia indoors for the winter, it is best not to bring in the whole plant. Rather, take stem cuttings and root them in water before planting them in a soilless mix.

Swishing the slips around in a container of insecticidal soap will do away with any pests lurking on the slips. Regular spraying with insecticidal soap would be a good way to avoid insect infestations once the slips are planted into a container. Thunbergia can also be grown from seed.

A hanging basket of yellow thunbergia is an amazing sight. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Native to Africa, thunbergia has found its way into the gardens of North Americans because of its vigorous growth and its multitude of flowers.

Perhaps you’ll decide to grow thunbergia in your garden this summer.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Creating the Germ buhbe Two Manitoba nurses create a product to fill a gap in the battle against bacteria

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By Candy Irwin Freelance contributor

T

he driving force behind most innovation is the recognition of a need. So two Manitoba nurses, Marney Manuliak and Loucinda Monson created the Germ buhbe (pronounced “bub”) to fill a gap that both longtime professionals recognized could potentially save lives.

Buhbe stands for “battling unseen hand bacteria everywhere,” and it could be a partial solution to the problem, that despite the best protocols, hospital-acquired infections continue to be on the rise.

The two most common infections are methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and clostridium difficile. Each year about 220,000 Canadian patients, whether in acute care, longterm care, ambulatory care or home care, are infected.

Another 8,000 die annually as a result of these infections.

“Why aren’t our health-care protocols working?” Manuliak and Monson asked themselves.

“All health-care professionals understand and practise proper handwashing techniques and avail themselves of hand sanitizer stations.”

But, sometimes, while putting patients first, there are instances where there’s no time to get to a sink or sanitizer dispenser. The identification of that small gap resulted in the Germ buhbe.

The device is a silicone, adjustable bracelet with a small, refillable, oval pod on

Loucinda Monson (l) and Marney Manuliak were the creators of the Germ buhbe. PHOTO: CANDY IRWIN

the surface. Hand sanitizer is dispensed through a tiny self-closing valve so no need to retrieve it from a pocket or dash to another room.

According to the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, if soap and water are not available, hand sanitizer that is at least 60 per cent alcohol is recommended. So, by depressing the Germ buhbe and dispensing a dime-sized amount of sanitizer from the all-butinvisible valve, you can clean your hands in the few steps it takes to get from one patient to another.

“This way,” said Manuliak, “it makes hand sanitizing so easy, there’s just no excuse.”

Hand sanitizer creates a surface where germs can’t attach themselves, thus preventing the spread of infection.

The process to get from the idea stage, to the creation of a prototype, to production, distribution, packaging and sales has been a learning experience for both women.

In an era where people are so very conscious of germs and infection that they ‘fist pump or elbow bump’ instead of shaking hands, there are many situations where a Germ buhbe could be the answer.

“We are beyond excited,” said Monson, “because we can envision that the convenience of a buhbe will be useful in a lot of situations besides health-care facilities.”

For more information go to their Facebook page or www. germbuhbe.com.

Stopping by for a snack in the Portage la Prairie area. PHOTO: EILEEN MAENDEL

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Candy Irwin writes from Lake Audy, Manitoba

This Old Elevator

I

n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba.

Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.”

The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of.

MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community.

Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable).

There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community’s collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba.

Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/elevators. You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.

A grain elevator on the CP Boissevain Subdivision in the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester was formerly operated by the Regent Cooperative Elevator Association as part of the Manitoba Pool network. Later closed, and used for private grain storage, it was destroyed by fire in the spring of 2014. PHOTO: HISTORIC RESOURCES BRANCH (AUGUST 1992)

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Combine, 682hrs, 449HP, Excellent cond., 520 DUALS, CAST, Y&M, SPREADERS, HIDS, 790CP-15FT

$33,000

2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000 2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000 2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000 2013 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000 2013 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000 2015 MB D65-35FT CNH . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 2015 MB D65-35FT CNH . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 2010 MB D60-35FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $52,000 2010 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $43,000 2010 NH 94C-42FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 2009 NH 94C-30FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $35,900 2009 NH 94C-40FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000 2009 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $43,000 2008 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 2008 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $37,000 2005 NH 94C-30FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $23,900

‘13 New Holland SP.240F XP

‘14 Seed Hawk 8412

c/w P1070 & P1060 Air Drill, Good cond., 84FT 12IN, 8RUN DOUBLE SHOOT, FULL BLOCKAGE (168 SENSORS)

‘13 New Holland H7460-16FT

Disc Mower Conditioner, Excellent cond., CHEVRON RUBBER ROLLS, MOMAX MODULAR DUTTER BAR, HYD TONGUE 677742

$119,000

SPRAYERS

$89,000 ‘15 New Holland 840CD-35FT

Grain Cart, Excellent cond., 1200BU, TRANSFER TRACKS, SCALES, AGRIMATICS, TARP, PIVOTING AUGER

$190,000 $183,000 $169,000 $125,000

COMBINE HEADS

677744

‘15 Elmers 1150 Haul Master

Grain Vac, VRX

2010 NH CX8070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2009 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2003 NH CR970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

677738

‘08 Bourgault 3310

$54,900

1993 CIH 1688. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,900 2015 NH CX8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $459,000 2013 NH CX8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $344,000 2011 NH CR9080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $267,000 2011 NH CX8080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$170,000 2011 NH CR9080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,900 2010 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,900

Combine, 1135hrs, Good cond., 620 DUALS, S3, SID’S, DSP, DELUX CHOPPER, 790CP-15

‘15 Rem VRX

$54,000

COMBINES

736273

716097

$14,900 ‘08 New Holland BR7090

2008 BO 3310 65FT-10IN c/w 6550 TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $165,000 2009 NH P2070 70FT X 12IN. . . . . . . . . . $65,000 2014 SHAWK 8412 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,000 2014 SHAWK 8412 c/w P1060 & P1070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $355,000 1994 FC 2320 TBT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 2010 JD 1910 TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 2008 SHAWK 7212 c/w 3430 TBH . . . $169,900 2009 SMASTER TXB5012 . . . . . . . . . . . . $88,000 2008 Morris 7240 TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000

737584

$85,000 700503

Round Baler, Good cond., 1.5M PICK UP, LACED BELTS, 31X13.5-15 TIRES, HYD, PICK UP

SEEDING

‘14 SeedMaster CT6012

Air Cart, Good cond., 580BU 3 TANK VR Air Drill, Excellent cond., 60FT 12IN, TIRE N 65FT-10IN c/w 6550 TBH Air Drill, Good cond., 8-RUN 900 FRONTS 650/75R32 REAR DUALS TIRE, HD FRONT CASTERS, DUAL FRONT WING DOUBLE SHOOT DRY, NH3 TO MID ROW BANDERS, PRIMARY BLOCKAGE, BT 3/4” OPENERS

$169,000

‘95 Case IH 9280

Tractor, 4WD, 7725hrs, 375HP, Good cond., 20.8R42 FIRESTONE TRIPLES, SYNCROSHIFT 12F/3R, 4 REMOTES

750273

$344,000

737592

$69,000

747714

‘11 New Holland P1070

746610

$110,000

‘14 Seed Hawk 8412

Air Drill, Good cond., 8RUN DOUBLE SHOOT FLEXI COIL AIR PACK, SETUP TOW BEHIND

$24,900

‘09 New Holland P2070

70’ Air Drill, NH Opener, Double Shoot, Floatation Tires

693358

$159,000

763070

$190,000

741787

$65,000

618931

‘13 New Holland H8060-36FT

Windrower, 298hrs, 190HP, Excellent cond., 36FT, DELUXE CAB, CAB SUSPENSION, DELUXE LED LIGHTS, 600/65R

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