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Brush up on regulations to ensure a smooth market season

Major American firms won’t handle GM crops not approved in major markets

Do you know what is required when selling your product at the local farmers’ market?

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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op U.S. grain companies have taken a hard line and are refusing genetically modified crops that haven’t been approved in major markets, while Canada’s grain industry remains more flexible.

So far the Canadian companies are approaching the issue on a case-by-case basis, but that

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

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ooking to offer up some products at the local farmers’ market this season? Best brush up on provincial regulations.

“Farmers’ markets in our province continue to grow every year,” said Mike LeBlanc, chief public health inspector with Manitoba Health. “And when consumers go to a farmers’ market they expect safe, healthy and fresh products.”

LeBlanc recently spoke about the requirements proprietors must follow when it comes to preparing and selling products at the farmers’ market during a webinar presented

by Entrepreneurship Manitoba.

“Proper food safety practices help to create a positive impression that builds customer loyalty, repeat business and attracts new business,” he said. “Food safety practices also contribute to business longevity, your bottom line and give you a marketing advantage.”

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Bird’s eye view of human health

Dairy dilemma Replacing aging dairy dryers a costly must

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BY LESLEY PORTER

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Corn borers eat spuds They aren’t the preferred corn, but they’ll do in a pinch

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FEATURE Women key Empowering rural women is a key development goal

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CROSSROADS Library on the prairie Selkirk’s new library a happening place

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

A University of Saskatchewan facility will let researchers study bird health and the environment with possible human benefits

Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

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ust like the canary in the coal mine, wild birds can tell us a lot about our environment and how it could affect human health.

University of Saskatchewan biology professor, Christy Morrissey says watching birds for problems could help locate issues that may affect human health, one of the driving forces behind a new research facility.

“Ev e r y t h i n g i s m a g n i fied for them,” Morrissey said. “They’re smaller, their lifespans are shorter in many cases and they are so dependent on their environment.”

Spanning close to 350 square metres, the facility has six indoor bird rooms and 12 outdoor enclosures, capable of holding a large variety of bird species such as songbirds, waterfowl and raptors.

It is one of only two such facilities in Canada capable of advanced research on birds, as well as the only facility of its kind dedicated to the studies of avian wildlife ecotoxicology and medicine.

Biology professor, Christy Morrissey says a new facility to research bird health could pay human dividends. PHOTO: University of Saskatchewan

“Mo s t o f o u r re s e a rc h capacity is on aquatic animals, so we have a lot of that,” she said. “We have an animal care facility mostly for small mammals to do h e a l t h re s e a rc h , b u t n o dedicated space to work on wildlife and no dedicated p l a c e t o w o rk o n b i rd s, other than poultry. “ The whole concept of the facility is to do multidisciplinar y research on wild birds — that could be anything from ecology and migration studies to toxi-

cology work and veterinary medicine.”

Birds have a long, storied past as being excellent indicators of environmental conditions, Morrissey said. Like the proverbial canary in a coal mine — where the bright, chirpy bird would accompany underground miners and cease to sing once the air became too toxic — birds still act as indicators of the health of the environment and potentially the health of the environment to support humans as well.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

KAP head says crop insurance changes unnecessary Dan Mazier is skeptical about suggestions recently made by former MASC chair Frieda Krpan

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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call for farmers to pay a greater share of crop insurance costs isn’t sitting well with the head of the province’s general farm organization.

Dan Mazier, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), says he doesn’t like the idea farmers pay more for crop insurance and he doesn’t believe it would reduce crop insurance claims.

“By increasing the farmer’s share (of premium costs) and implying that it would incentivize them to do a better job, I don’t like those comments at all,” Mazier said May 13.

He was reacting to remarks made by former Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) chair Frieda Krpan, who resigned May 2.

MASC administers the Manitoba government’s farm lending program and AgriInsurance, cost shared by farmers and governments. Currently Manitoba

farmers pay about 40 per cent of crop insurance costs and the federal and Manitoba governments 36 and 24 per cent, respectively.

“I think they (farmers) should pay at minimum half of the premium,” Krpan said May 5 in an interview. “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.”

Mazier said farmers do a good job now and are not taking advantage of crop insurance as Krpan seems to imply.

Before any changes, the impact should be thoroughly investigated, he added.

Krpan also said farmers who don’t follow proper practices, including crop rotation, should pay higher premiums.

But Mazier said crop insurance already has a system to discourage bad practices.

“The individual productivity index (IPI) under crop insurance is the check against everybody else in the region,” he said. “It goes up and down according

to the number of claims that you had.

Your insurance would be more expensive and you get less coverage as the IPI goes down. That’s built into the system if you are doing poor farming practices.”

Most farmers rotate crops because it’s a proven way to boost yields and reduce pests, Mazier said. But there are times when factors such as bad weather that delays seeding leaves a farmer fewer options.

“I think the farmer needs to be left with the best tools possible to make sure that his business moves on from that disaster,” he said. “If you handcuff him so he can’t react to the reality of Mother Nature that’s not a very good path to be going down.”

Mazier wants more information on the whole-farm revenue insurance program before passing judgment. Krpan believes it has merit and might be able to replace AgriStability — a program many farmers say isn’t a good enough risk management tool. But Mazier wonders if revenue insurance could spark countervailing duties on Canadian exports.

Mazier is also skeptical about Krpan’s suggestion MASC should be rolled into the Department of Agriculture instead of remaining a Crown corporation. Krpan contends MASC is ultimately responsible to the minister of agriculture and the government anyway.

“We brag about the great crop insurance system that we have and the high participation in Manitoba,” Mazier said.

“I don’t know if I would want to mess with that too much without a lot of deep thought and discussions about why we are doing it. That would be an astronomical move to put it into the department.

Then it becomes a whim of the department. We need to have it independent.”

What Mazier would like crop insurance to do is prepare for climate change and look at what new crops Manitoba farmers should be considering.

“That to me is where crop insurance needs to go rather than monkeying with the funding mechanism,” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Crocus photo contest celebrates spring The juried photo contest distributed about $600 in prizes to the winning entrants STAFF

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en Manitoba photographers have taken home about $600 in prize money from the 2016 Wild Prairie Crocus photography contest.

The contest is in conjunction with the annual Arden Crocus Festival, hosted every spring by the small village of 150, approximately 160 km northwest of

Winnipeg. Arden has held the photo contest for eight years, encouraging entries from youth and adults anywhere in Manitoba.

To be eligible, the photos can only be taken during about two weeks in April. The crocus normally emerges around April 1 and blooms at mid-April. It is the first Prairie wildflower to bloom each spring.

This year the youth winners include students in Grades

5, 6 and 8 in Arden, Minnedosa, Carberry and Austin. In the general competition it includes amateur photographers in Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Hamiota, Minnedosa and Stony Mountain.

The main contest is juried by a panel of judges, but an open ballot allows attendees to vote for a People’s Choice category for both children and adults, sponsored by the Manitoba Co-operator.

This year’s People’s Choice win-

Winners 2016 Crocus Photo Contest

ners were Dr. Andrew West, assistant professor of respiratory therapy at the University of Manitoba and a Grade 5 student, Lyndsey Hofer of Riverbend Hutterite Colony, Carberry.

Prizes also are awarded in four classes for youth and adults through community donations to the sponsoring organization,

Lansdowne Heritage Resources & Tourism Committee, Arden.

All winning photos will be posted for a year on the municipal website (www.ardenmb.ca).

All of the photo entries are printed and posted for public viewing and voting one day only, at Arden’s annual crocus festival, on the first Saturday in May.

The crocus normally emerges around April 1 and blooms at mid-April. It is the first Prairie wildflower to bloom each spring.

ADULT Single Flower 1) Janet McQueen, Stony Mountain 2) Linda Sigurdson, Portage la Prairie Crocus Cluster

Is your pest management expert licensed?

1) Marlene Smith, Hamiota 2) Janet McQueen, Stony Mountain Crocus Habitat 1) Patrick Stone, Minnedosa 2) Jean Orton, Portage la Prairie Creative Crocus 1) Marlene Smith, Hamiota

Academic Andrew West celebrated his recent move to Manitoba to join the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Manitoba by winning the People’s Choice award for adult participants with this shot of a dog taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers. PHOTO: ANDREW WEST

2) Linda Sigurdson, Portage la Prairie

When you hire a commercial pesticide applicator, ask to see their licence.

• Only licensed professionals are certified to handle your pest problem by controlling weeds and pests in lawns, green spaces and in and around structures.

YOUTH Single Flower 1) Bailey Mitcher, Arden 2) Hope Usick, Minnedosa

• Unlicensed applicators may not have the training and knowledge to do the job correctly.

Crocus Cluster

• A licensed professional can develop a program to help reduce your need for pesticides through Integrated Pest Management techniques.

1) Bailey Mitcher, Arden 2) Hope Usick, Minnedosa Crocus Habitat

For more information, contact the Manitoba Agriculture GO Office in Carman at 204-745-5648.

1) Erica Alex, Minnedosa 2) Lyndsey Hofer, Carberry Creative Crocus 1) Erica Alex, Minnedosa 2) Jayne Unrau, Austin

Lyndsey Hofer, a fifth grade student at Riverbend Colony near Carberry, returned to the contest again this year, capturing the youth participants People’s Choice award for her shot of a gnarled old tree and a fresh crocus bloom. PHOTO: LYNDSEY HOFER MB Agriculture – Pesticide Licensing 2016 Publication: Portage The Graphic Ad size: 4 cols (4") x 70 lines Insertion date: Tues, May 17 + 24, 2016

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

OPINION/EDITORIAL

What’s in a name?

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he newly elected Pallister government wasted little time putting its stamp on government in this province.

Almost as fast as you can say Ralph Eichler, the provincial department responsible for agriculture got a new name this month: Manitoba Department of Agriculture (MDA).

It has a nice simple ring to it.

But it also reflects a reality that has Laura Rance become increasingly obvious in recent Editor decades. Back in the 1960s, the department was known as Manitoba Agriculture and Conservation, likely because Conservation in those days stood for drainage. Later it became Manitoba Agriculture and Food, then Rural Initiatives/Development was tacked on — a sort of catchall department for anything rural.

It used to be that agriculture and rural were synonymous and their economic agendas interchangeable. Back in the days when small towns throughout the province were built around grain elevators and agricultural services were the primary economic activity, what was good for farming was also good for the rural economy.

No doubt agriculture remains a key economic activity in rural Manitoba. But there are fewer farmers, they farm bigger pieces of land, and they deliver their grain to fewer elevators located farther away.

There are even times when the economic future of rural communities is at odds with agriculture, especially when it comes to squabbles over land use or housing subdivisions built too close to livestock operations (or livestock operations built too close to houses), and farming practices — such as aerial spraying or cleaning out the pits — that offend rural residents planning a barbecue.

Reconciling those competing interests hasn’t been easy. As well, agriculture is no longer a solely rural domain. Urban farming is a growth industry.

Under the new configuration, MDA is about agriculture. The rural development portfolio becomes part of Indigenous and Municipal Relations in a new ministry under Eileen Clarke.

Having a minister to champion the needs of rural communities could be a plus.

Rural Manitoba needs agriculture, but with many farm families dependent on off-farm income, agriculture needs a vibrant and diversified rural economy.

Rural people, including farmers, are more likely than urbanites to be self-employed, a 2010 study by Statistics Canada said. People who know how to create their own jobs are good for the overall economy.

We would add that a strong extension network, with all vacancies filled, is a wise investment in the future of both agendas.

Further diminishing support for public extension in the name of saving money would be false economy — under any name.

Because it is 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made history last fall when he appointed half of his cabinet roles to women.

The move came a full century after women were first granted the right to vote. Yet it was hotly debated, with many arguing that cabinet appointments should be made on the basis of talent, not gender. Some pundits pointed out that if that were the rule, the proportion of women to men might have been much higher.

The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council has been studying the relationship between gender and leadership as part of this Supporting the Advancing of Women in Agriculture (SAWA) project.

It has reached a similar conclusion.

With more women than men graduating with agriculture degrees and 30 per cent of the primary agriculture workforce consisting of women, the number of women identified in leadership and management positions is disproportionately low.

It reports that of 65 national and provincial associations reviewed to date, only eight reported a woman as board chair or president. An additional eight have a woman as second in command.

Perhaps the biggest surprise — and the biggest conundrum — was the level of awareness of the barriers women face participating in more senior roles.

“When asked if they believed barriers existed for women, 14.6 per cent of men responded yes or not sure, compared to 48.9 per cent of women,“the CAHRC report said.

Those who were aware could agree on the barriers however, which include balancing career and family responsibilities (15.8 per cent), breaking into the “old boys club” (15.7 per cent) and a lack of role models (13.1 per cent). Lack of self-confidence was also identified as an issue.

Women are simply not seeking out these roles.

“All agreed that setting quotas for women on boards was not the answer,” the CAHRC report said.

So what is the answer? And why does it matter?

Whether it is an organization, corporation or country, human capital is the single most important determinant of success. How can full potential be reached if only half of that capital is advancing into leadership roles?

It’s 2016. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Earls challenge not going away

BY HUBERT LAU President and CEO BIXS

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magine for a moment Earls’ decision to source beef from the U.S. because it couldn’t find “certified humane” cattle here in Canada was just a bad dream.

That’s because producers like you already had an easy way to track all the good things you do to care for your cattle ethically and humanely, until the animal goes to auction.

Then imagine that everyone else along the chain — auction markets, feedlots, packers, and retailers — could access that data, pay you for it, and provide supplemental information about production practices on the animal while it was in their custody.

Now imagine, because of this system, restaurants like Earls could easily source Canadian beef according to the characteristics that matter to their customers.

Yo u w i n . E a r l s w i n s. A n d t h e c o n sumer wins. The good news is we already have such a system. It’s called the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS).

BIXS is a kind of Facebook for cows. It’s an online system for sharing information, allowing you to connect with others in the supply chain to provide information on the kind of cattle you have available, and to understand what others are looking for. It costs nothing to input data, but anyone who wants to access the data pays a fee to the data source.

The fee makes the program sustainable and compensates you for your data.

BIXS was established in 2009. No personal information is shared through the system.

Users remain anonymous until they choose to contact a source of information.

We all know that there is plenty of beef in Canada to meet Earls’ requirements.

The challenge, as we’ve been painfully reminded, is in tracking it.

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BIXS helps the industry reflect and verify the pride it takes in operating with a high level of ethical, sustainable, and humane practices. Many of these production practices have not yet been tracked through the chain of custody — but they can be.

If you want to make sure that the Earls nightmare never happens again, here’s what you can do. Support your industry by enrolling in the program, which is free and easy, by visiting our website (http://bixs. cattle.ca).

First, input the age of your cattle. Then, work with us to determine the best way to track additional information that needs to be captured through the chain of custody.

Canadian consumers have clearly communicated that they want their beef to come from you, and Earls has responded with a renewed commitment. That’s great news. Now, let’s make it possible for Earls to support you, and our whole industry, while still responding to its consumers.

Globally and locally consumers are demanding to know more about the quality of their beef, its history of care, and chain of custody. With more robust tracking through BIXS, Canadian beef can access lucrative international markets and compete more readily with other kinds of livestock both at home and abroad. Canada will be miles ahead of other beef-producing jurisdictions.

It’s a better outcome for producers, consumers and everyone else in the value chain. It gives the industry as a whole better information and the ability to respond more effectively to future challenges.

The problem isn’t going away. But now you have a golden opportunity to help solve it.

Hubert Lau, is president and CEO of BIX a partnership between the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and livestock technology company ViewTrak.

the Bredt Trophy

his photo from our April 27, 1961 issue shows Tom Watson, president of the ElkhornArawana Crop Improvement Club, receiving the Bredt Trophy from Manitoba Pool Elevators director G.G. Jamieson. The trophy was named in honour of Paul Bredt, MPE’s second president, who was credited with steering the company through the difficult times of the 1930s. Bredt died of a heart attack while speaking to the annual meeting of Alberta Pool in 1940.

The trophy was awarded to Manitoba crop improvement clubs based on scores on the seed plots of members, club activities, and overall usefulness of the club in the community. The ElkhornArawana had received 937 points out of a possible 1,000 that year.

Former Co-operator reporter Ron Friesen has been asked to prepare an article on Bredt for the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and is looking for information on the trophy, which apparently has not been awarded for many years. Any readers with information on the Bredt Trophy, or who know of its whereabouts can contact Ron at (204) 233-4446 or ronfriesen@mymts.net.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

New gene editing falls through regulatory cracks U.S. regulators have ruled removing genes isn’t the same as putting genes into an organism

By Alan Guebert

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ith little fanfare and barely a nod of public acknowledgment, the world of food turned upside down April 13 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed a Penn State University plant pathologist that the “white button mushroom” he developed by removing some of its genetic material is not a genetically modified organism (GMO).

As such, USDA declared, the new mushroom will not be “regulated”

by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

This was not some bureaucratic hairsplitting by some little-known government agency. In fact, it was just the opposite: This is a hair-onfire decision that will remake food as we know it.

This little white mushroom, however, is unlike any mushroom the world has ever seen. Through a gene editing process known as CRISPRCas9, Penn State researcher Yinong Yang made “small deletions in a specific gene” so the mushroom “stops production of a specific enzyme that causes mushrooms to brown.”

(Faithful readers may recall two columns on potential CRISPR wins and woes in late 2015.)

The result, explained Penn State after USDA’s official blessing, is “a mushroom with longer shelf life that resists blemishes caused by handling or mechanical harvesting — but without DNA from a foreign organism.”

And that’s the difference, says

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USDA: Yang didn’t add genetic material to the mushroom from a “foreign organism such as bacteria or other plant species.” Instead, he removed the fraction of the mushroom’s own genetic material that causes unsightly browning to create his new, nonGMO mushroom.

That’s possible because of CRISPR, short for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.”

This “tool” can focus on an exact spot on the genome to “delete or replace specific DNA pieces, thereby promoting or disabling certain traits.”

This ability, though, raises a paradox: Is the mushroom, as USDA says, an unregulated, non-GMO food because it contains less of its own DNA and no added DNA or is it a different kind of Frankenfood — Frankenfungi? — as GMO critics say because, in fact, its DNA has been altered?

Yang, the mushroom’s developer, welcomes that debate but prefers it to be less a food fight and more a food “goal,” a clear indication of what he — and most of the scientific farm and food community — would like to see.

“There’s too much divisiveness and hostility between pro- and anti-GMO camps,” he offered in a mid-April, Penn State press release. “I hope development of the new technology will facilitate rational and productive dialogue… with a common goal to achieve food safety, food security, and agricultural and environmental sustainability.”

There may not be much time for any discussion rational, productive, or otherwise. Less than a week after the USDA-Penn State announcement, DuPont Pioneer made public plans to market (by 2021) a waxy corn hybrid developed through its use of the lessis-more CRISPR gene editing technol-

ogy. Other CRISPR-inspired research is already directed at drought-resistant corn and wheat.

What’s next?

“Pigs that reach market weight faster and cattle that produce more tender meat (and more of it),” guesses the not-for-profit Center for Food Integrity in an April 6 blog post titled “Technical Advances Need Transparency.”

Also, the blog notes, be on the lookout for “Hens that produce only female offspring (that) would do away with the need to euthanize male chicks.”

But that’s just the tip of the CRISPR iceberg. Toss drug research — especially gene therapies for cancer treatment — into the discussion and CRISPR may be the biggest, lifechanging tool to hit mankind since the invention of the wheel.

Where will this new wheel take us?

Can its plant and animal transforming magic serve both today’s industrial Big Ag and tomorrow’s sustainable ag?

Will the market’s singular drive toward short-term profit short-circuit the long-term complexity of our global ecology?

Is there a moral line that CRISPR should never cross? If so, where?

Answers to these tough questions — there will be many more — can’t come from government regulators like USDA. They need to come from you and me. We should talk.

The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. www. farmandfoodfile.com.

Province’s water needs action not rhetoric

Current water management practices disrespectful and disruptive to rural Manitobans

BY JIM COLLINSON

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eferral of essential water management infrastructure and management in recent years, combined with serious problems of climate change, is frustrating Manitoba’s economic growth and environmental health. Both objectives resonate with the public.

Rhetoric about “fixing Lake Manitoba’s water levels,” and cleaning up Lake Winnipeg in terms of algae, sedimentation and erosion, highlights the problems but doesn’t solve them. Shifting water level and flow problems from urban areas to farmers, ranchers and cottage owners by using the Portage Diversion on an annual basis, without addressing the outflow capacity from Lake Manitoba, shows disrespect for rural Manitobans and government responsibility to alleviate the situation.

Although nothing has been done to solve Lake Manitoba problems over the past 50 years, it has always been assumed that increasing the flow capacity of existing rivers to the northeast would be the solution. Much attention has been given to enlarging the capacity of the Dauphin River, or another channel in that area to carry excess water from Lake Manitoba to Lake Winnipeg.

There are three serious problems with this narrow approach. First, it is the most expensive route to take. Second, high water volumes using that route will be carrying considerable silt and nutrients that will further overload Lake Winnipeg with nutrients it doesn’t need. Third, there are four First Nation communities along the proposed route (about 6,000

people) who have already suffered from excess flows in recent years.

Ultimately, this route lowers the chance of effectively removing nutrients and sediment that encourages blue-green algae growth and warmer water in Lake Winnipeg.

There is an alternative that is cheaper and cleaner: a system to pump water from Lake Winnipegosis to Cedar Lake.

Clear water from Lake Winnipegosis will be diverted to Cedar Lake, removing much of the flow normally entering Lake Manitoba from Lake Winnipegosis via the Waterhen. This would allow the extra water diverted from the Assiniboine to remain within the banks of the existing rivers from Fairford down to Lake Winnipeg. The additional water entering Cedar Lake will offset the drop in flow of the Saskatchewan River in recent years due to upstream irrigation and climate change, thereby restoring flows at the Grand Rapids Generating Station. It should be noted that Manitoba Hydro argued against this option, saying it didn’t need the flow, but it really appeared to be an excuse to justify hydro developments along the Nelson, cost effectiveness be damned.

The Lake Winnipeg blue-green algae problem flourishes because of excess phosphorus. Much of this comes from the Red River, in part from sewage from Winnipeg, and in part due to the damage done in recent years on the nutrient absorption capacity of Netley Marsh.

The mess in the Netley Marsh is the result of developments approved by the previous government in recent years, yet despite that they are contrary to any acceptable form of wetland manage-

ment. A sewage treatment plant for Winnipeg has been delayed by lack of funding, Negotiations with the federal government for these infrastructure projects could break the logjam and begin the path to take Lake Winnipeg off “death watch.” The new federal government is anxious to allocate infrastructure money to projects that are “shovel ready.” These projects fit that category in the short term.

Although a recent study found that Manitoba Hydro regulation of Lake Winnipeg has not affected erosion and water quality, there is good reason for a review by a credible and objective authority to satisfy everyone this is actually so.

In large measure, southwest Manitoba’s flooding problems in recent years were significantly exacerbated by massive but unrecorded and unlicensed on-farm drainage in Saskatchewan. The consequence of this was unprecedented sheets of water pouring into Manitoba in volumes exceeding capability beyond drain and storage designs based on natural run-off. Now that both Manitoba and Saskatchewan have governments of similar policy views, it may be possible for them to work together to solve some of these problems.

Premier Selinger seemed to isolate himself from co-operative initiatives with Saskatchewan and other adjacent jurisdictions, even though this drainage issue is well known. Now is the time to open a positive conversation with Saskatchewan to address this concern and others such as the Port of Churchill.

A shift from rhetoric to action is long overdue.

Jim Collinson is a consultant on environment, economy and energy issues. A native of Souris, Man., he now lives in Kanata, Ont.

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Glacier Media contributes $50,000 to fire relief fund An online crowdfunding campaign has also been launched to raise money for Red Cross relief efforts

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ar m Business Communications’ parent company, Glacier Media, is donating $50,000 toward the Canadian Red Cross disaster relief efforts in the Fort McMurray area.

The Vancouver company said its donation is also on behalf of individual Glacier business units, which will undertake their own awareness and fundraising efforts to help the city and its residents rebuild their community and their lives, Glacier executive vicepresident Bill Whitelaw said in a release.

Glacier, one of Canada’s top media and information services companies, has also set up an integrated online crowdfunding campaign, with all proceeds going toward the Red Cross efforts.

Through this campaign, “we can rally our readers, our customers and our communities to get behind the Red Cross efforts in a way that allows contributions of all sizes,” Tim Shoults, Glacier’s vice-president of content and audience development, said in the same release.

It’s important for Canadians to have a sense beyond the headlines of how important Fort McMurray is to the country’s economy, Whitelaw said.

“It’s just not an Alberta dynamic… all Canadians need to step up and help get this engine running on all cylinders again, putting people, companies and their welfare front and centre.”

The company said its operations in mining, agriculture, environmental services and community media will also advance awareness of the challenges Fort McMurray and the area faces in the coming weeks and months, Whitelaw said.

“In one way or another, all of our businesses touch Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo.

Besting the fire was just the first among many challenges still to come.”

The Fort McMurray wildfire, now made up of two fires that have joined, has covered over 565,000 acres and extended to within 25-30 km of the Saskatchewan border.

The Alberta government has asked that all evacuees register with the Red Cross, either by phone (1-888-350-6070) or online, no matter where they are currently, to help ensure they have access to services they may need, including emergency financial assistance.

Donations to the Red Cross are currently being matched by both the federal and Alberta governments.

The crowdfunding campaign can be found here: h t t p s : / / f u n d r a z r. c o m / campaigns/2180P0.

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two categories, low and high risk.

“Lower-risk food products can be made at home and sold at a farmers’ market. A vendor does not need a permit to sell lower-risk food products, as they are operating under the permit of the farmers’ market itself,” he said.

Lower-risk food products include breads and most baked goods, all fresh fruit and vegetables, pickles, vinegars, jams, jellies, preserves, syrups, honey, spices and a variety of fudge and hard candy.

“Lower-risk food products tend to be more acidic, contain more sugar or salt and are lower in water content. These are typically things that we say are shelf stable versus perishable foods.”

High risk Foods that are a better host for bacteria are considered to be higher risk or potentially hazardous foods.

“Higher-risk foods cannot be made at home and sold at a farmers’ market. They must be made in a commercial kitchen and the vendors selling these products need to obtain their own permits,” LeBlanc said.

Higher-risk foods include products that are made with meat or meat product, fish, seafood, eggs, poultry, dairy, and items such as, cabbage rolls, perogies, homemade soups, pumpkin pies, and anything made with tomatoes, such as antipastos and salsas.

Although acquiring a permit may be an added step, LeBlanc says there can be some benefits.

“Once you have your own permit and commercial location, basically there is no limit to where you can sell your products,” he said. “With your own permit you are not limited to just selling at farmers’ markets.

You can set up your own website, sell the products online, mail order, sell to other vendors, restaurants or grocery stores.”

LeBlanc encourages those who may be unsure which category their product fits into to visit the farmers’ market guidelines online (http://www. gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/ environmentalhealth/ protection/food.html) or contact their local health inspector.

“We have people coming up with new and unique products quite often and it is difficult for our guidelines to have an exhaustive list of all food products that can be sold. So, if you ever have any questions, it’s best to contact your local inspector,” he said.

Erin Gobeil, who has run Global Market in Brandon for the past five years, agrees. If you’re not sure how your product would be classified, don’t be afraid to ask, she said.

“Always ask, never assume and don’t be afraid of the inspector. They are just doing their job and it is an important job. If you aren’t sure if your product would be considered potentially hazardous, it’s best to call the local inspector and ask,” said Gobeil.

Commercial kitchens One of the biggest challenges facing farmers’ market proprietors who deal with high-risk products is often finding a commercial kitchen.

Last year the Global Market co-ordinators, Ashley Sadler (l) and Erin Gobeil (r), opened a government-inspected commercial kitchen in Brandon that is now available for rent. They are aiding those in the community who may be looking to prepare and sell potentially hazardous foods. photo: jennifer paige

“Higher-risk foods cannot be made at home and sold at a farmers’ market.

They must be made in a commercial kitchen and the vendors selling these products need to obtain their own permits.”

Mike LeBlanc Manitoba Health

“Most people choose to rent a location. This could be something like your local church hall, community centre, arena, curling club, legion or any local established food business, such as a restaurant,” LeBlanc said.

For those on the hunt, Manitoba Agriculture has compiled a list of commercial kitchens that are available for rent in communities across the province (http://www. gov.mb.ca/agriculture/onlineresources/community-kitchenslisting.html).

Those in close proximity to Brandon may have a new option this season.

“We opened our governmentinspected commercial kitchen in September of last year. So, this is the first market season that we are going to get to use the kitchen to its full potential,” Gobeil said. “A lot of the vendors in the past have had to use church kitchens, which can sometimes be pricey and get interrupted by funerals and things like that.”

Ashley Sadler, the Global Market kitchen co-ordinator, says she expects the kitchen to be a well-used facility.

“Right now there are a lot of people who are unaware that this facility is here. So I think once the word gets out there, the usage will increase quite a bit. We have two fully stocked stations, two fridges as well as a commercial-size freezer,” Sadler said.

In order to rent a commercial kitchen, you must have obtained a temporary health permit from the

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health inspector and complete a food safety course (http://www. gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/ environmentalhealth/ protection/foodsafe.html).

On-site inspections Once farmers’ market season is in full swing, health inspectors will make the rounds to ensure everything on site is up to code.

LeBlanc says inspectors will look at the overall site, as well as the individual vendors.

“We look at a list of current vendors and review to see what food products are being sold.

We will also visit each vendor and check for permits for those selling higher-risk foods,” he said.

Inspectors specifically look at temperatures of fridges and freezers, ensure food is being contained in proper food-grade containers, and check labels have the proper information.

According to LeBlanc, all food products require labels. For lower-risk products, labels are required to contain your name, phone number, common name of the food, ingredients and the date the item was prepared.

“If the consumer purchases a product and they have concern with it, we want them to have some information to know who to talk to about these concerns,” he said. “If you are selling higher-risk food products, your label does

need to conform with Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) guidelines and if you go to the CFIA website (www.inspection. gc.ca) and look at labelling, there is a whole host of information there.”

“The labelling with the food is huge. You need to make sure that is right and don’t forget to make sure your prices are visible,” Gobeil said.

She adds that when it comes to pricing, make sure you are not undercutting yourself just to make a sale.

“A common mistake for a lot of people is pricing products too low. Many times vendors are concerned about overpricing.

You always want to make sure that you cover your costs, and don’t forget to include the expense of your time. A lot of the people who come down to the market understand and respect the effort that has been put into that product and are willing to pay for it,” she said.

Prior to the start of market season, Manitoba Agriculture will be putting on a few seminars throughout the province to provide further clarification on selling farm products directly.

For information on dates and locations, visit http://www.gov. mb.ca/agriculture/food-andag-processing/pubs/selling_at_ the_farmgate_poster_2016.pdf. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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could change, according to Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. The more flexible approach demonstrated how crop development companies have worked with the industry to date to address concerns, he said.

“We have a reasonably good working relationship (with crop developers) on these issues,” Sobkowich said in an interview May 13.

“But that being said, this issue is going to get more complicated over time. We really need to turn our minds towards how we resolve these issues... because we are really dealing with them on a case-by-case basis and we are relying on the responsible commercialization policies of the life science companies.

“They’ve been, so far, pretty good in making sure that market acceptance is in place, at least in the example of Xtend soybeans.

Monsanto has been, so far, behaving in a responsible way.”

The European Union has not approved Monsanto’s new Xtend soybeans that are tolerant to both glyphosate and dicamba, giving growers more weed control options. WGEA’s members will not buy Xtend soybeans without EU approval.

Last week Reuters reported many major American grain buyers have adopted the same policy for Xtend soybeans and other GM crops to avoid conflicts with buyers. In 2013 and 2014, China blocked corn shipments from the United States containing a Syngenta GM trait called Viptera that was unapproved in China.

Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland each said the rejections cost them millions of dollars, and both have sued Syngenta for damages. American corn farmers are also suing Syngenta alleging its actions lowered corn prices.

Bold yellow signs from global trader Bunge are posted at U.S. grain elevators barring 19 varieties of GM corn and soybeans that lack approval in important markets, Reuters reported.

CHS, America’s largest farm co-operative, wants companies to keep seeds with new biotech traits off the market until they have full approval from major foreign buyers, Gary Anderson, a senior CHS vice-president told Reuters.

“I think that would be the safest thing for the supply chain,” he said. CHS implemented a policy last year under which it will not sell seeds or buy grain with traits unapproved by importers.

ADM is refusing GM crops that lack global approval. Cargill did not respond to Reuter’s requests for comment.

Grain companies fear commercial fallout and financial losses, but the market won’t cover segregation costs, Sobkowich said.

“We don’t feel that we should have to pay the segregation costs.

Western Grain Elevator Association members are deciding how to deal with GM crops unapproved in major markets on a case-by-case basis, but that could change, association executive director Wade Sobkowich says. Meanwhile, major American grain buyers have banned GM crops lacking in approvals in major markets. PHOTOS: ALLAN DAWSON

Monsanto will not commercialize its new Xtend soybeans in Canada this spring unless the European Union approves it, says company spokeswoman Trish Jordan. However, seed will be available for trials and seed propagation, she added.

And we don’t feel that the farmer ought to pay those segregation costs,” Sobkowich said.

Grain company concerns aren’t restricted to GM crops, he added. Shipments can be rejected if they contain traces of unapproved pesticides. That’s why farmers need to be aware of the products they use.

Grain trading would be enhanced if countries would allow the low presence of unapproved traits and pesticides so long as they have already been approved elsewhere, he added.

“If we have an LLP (low level presence policy) in countries of import then that helps us if we get an inadvertent commingle,” he said. “Then we are not out of contract or out of compliance for the country’s sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.”

Monsanto was so confident of European Union approval it announced in January it would commercialize Xtend soybeans this spring in the U.S. and Canada. Some American farmers have already seeded it, but Monsanto hasn’t released it in Canada and won’t ahead of EU approval,

Monsanto spokesperson Trish Jordan said in an interview May 13. However, Monsanto will allow Xtend soybeans to be grown in Canada this year for propagation and trial purposes without EU approval, confident it will be approved before next spring, Jordan said.

And even though the WGEA has said its six members — Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Canada, Parrish & Heimbecker, Paterson GlobalFoods, Richardson International and Viterra — won’t buy Xtend soybeans without EU approval, there are Canadian farmers wanting to grow the crop, Jordan said.

“We are definitely hearing that in Ontario,” she said, adding that there are more weed-resistance issues there than in Western Canada. “It is great new technology. But it is a moot point... because we’ve kind of got this commitment worked out with the trade... that we will not move anything into a commercial position... recognizing that they are a little antsy about having stuff that could be planted that is not yet approved.”

Soybean planting in Manitoba doesn’t normally become widespread until this time anyway. If the EU approved Xtend soybeans

this week, some would get seeded, Jordan said.

“There is a little bit of time, but not a lot more,” she said. “It is still possible I suppose... but every week that goes by (without approval) the acres of Xtend soybeans go down.”

Monsanto had expected 420,000 acres of the stacked-trait soybean to be seeded in Canada this year.

“We are not likely to be anywhere near that,” Jordan said.

“Again, obviously, clearly there is a long time before harvest.

We just keep waiting and we are hopeful. It is sitting there in the final stages of sign-off with the European Commission and it doesn’t make any sense why we don’t have it (approval) right now.”

It’s unfortunate EU policies can disrupt business and delay farmers’ access to beneficial technology, she said.

Meanwhile, there is alternate Roundup Ready soybean seed available to Canadian farmers, Jordan added.

“I think switching varieties has been working OK from what I’ve heard,” she said. allan@fbcpublishing.com with files from Reuters

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

Water management planning begins for Boyne-Morris watershed The two-year process will include public meetings to identify water management priorities STAFF

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wo southern Manitoba conservation districts will be working with local residents and the provincial government over the next two years to develop an integrated watershed management plan for the Boyne and Morris River watershed.

An integrated watershed management plan (IWMP) is developed co-operatively by stakeholders (watershed residents, interest groups) and all levels of government to create a long-term plan to manage land, water and related resources on a watershed basis, a release from the Pembina Valley Conservation District says.

The two-year process involves meetings with the public throughout the region to identify water management issues and prioritize response.

“Previous public consulta-

An aerial view of Stephenfield Lake, a reservoir that provides fresh water to communities in the Boyne-Morris River watershed. photo: supplied

tions and natural resource planning documents have shown us that stakeholders are concerned about drinking water quality, surface water quality, flooding and erosion. Water is a critical natural resource important for human existence and part of a healthy ecosystem and can be considered a blessing and a curse,” said Cliff Greenfield, manager at Pembina Valley Conservation District.

This watershed includes a group of tributaries that flow into the Red River, the Boyne River, Stephenfield Lake, Tobacco Creek, Shannon Creek, Norquay-Boyne Channel and the Morris River.

Municipalities located in the planning area include Lorne, Victoria, Dufferin, Grey, Norfolk Treherne, Thompson, Pembina, Stanley, Roland, Morris, Macdonald, Ritchot, Town of Carman, Town

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of Morris and Swan Lake First Nation. The planning process is a partnership between the La Salle Redboine Conservation District, the Pembina Valley Conservation District and the Province of Manitoba.

“With this planning effort, we hope to actively engage people in the watershed to develop a 10-year plan to make it a better and healthier place to live, work and play,” said Justin Reid, manager at La Salle Redboine CD. Climate change, drought management adaptation, invasive species and biodiversity are also addressed in the planning process.

There are 25 integrated watershed management plans in the province under the leadership of 18 conservation districts. Twenty plans have been completed and five are at various stages of development.

MTS sale under review The federal Competition Bureau is looking at the MTS-BCE deal and seeking feedback

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h e f e d e r a l Competition Bureau wants to hear from you on the proposed MTSBCE merger.

It’s promoting a form on the organization’s website that will give Canadians an opportunity to weigh in on the deal.

On May 2, BCE announced its intention to acquire former provincial Crown corporation MTS in a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion.

In a separate announcement, BCE stated that it intends to subsequently sell some of the wireless business acquired from MTS to Telus.

The mandate of the Competition Bureaus is to review mergers to determine if they’ll undermine competition in a sector.

When a merger is proposed the typical approach is to consult with “a wide range” of industry participants to obtain their views about the competitive implication.

This can include suppliers, competitors, industry associations, customers and industry experts.

To comment on the proposed deal: http://www.competition bureau.gc.ca/eic/site/ cb-bc.nsf/frm-eng/ G H % C 3 % 8 9 T- 8 3 K K 9 Y #form.

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

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.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

Feds seek ideas for Growing Forward 3 A new website from the federal Agriculture Department gives growers a chance to have their say on farm programs

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ow ’s your chance to tell the federal government how farm policy should look in Canada.

T h e f e d e r a l A g r i c u l t u re Department has set up a website to seek feedback on what is and isn’t working in Growing Forward 2 (GF2) and what should be in Growing Forward 3 (GF3).

In a statement, Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture minister, said farm groups and individuals can use the conduit to get information to policy-makers as the drive to design the new program kicks into high gear.

The department will be conducting additional consultation activities in the coming months on Growing Forward, which is the main agriculture support program offered by Ottawa and the provinces.

G F 2 f o c u s e d o n i n n ova tion, competitiveness and market development to equip producers and processors for gaining new domestic and expor t markets. It offers a suite of business risk management programs including AgriInvest, AgriStability, AgriInsurance and AgriRecovery.

The Canadian Federation of Agr iculture has already released a detailed document pointing out problems with GF2 and corrective actions needed in the next program.

The CFA board is holding a discussion with MacAulay on the issue this week, said Ron Bonnett, CFA’s president.

Gary Stanford, president of

“Our concern is that people are dropping out because the program lacks credibility.”

Scott Ross CFA

Grain Growers of Canada, said GF3 is “a top priority” and getting them right will ensure the new programs benefit farmers and agriculture in the future.

“We will continue to work with other far m organiza tions, with ministers and with the staff at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to ensure that farmers’ needs are fully provided for,” Stanford said.

In a policy paper developed for discussion with other farm groups, CFA says GF3 should create a policy environment that will enable increased investment in the sector, promote climate change adaptation and positions Canada as a global “first choice” for safe and high-quality food. The group says doing so will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the agriculture industry in Canada.

The specific CFA recomm e n d a t i o n s t o u c h o n c l imate change, sustainability, incentives for adopting best practices, increased research, information and technology transfer to producers and p ro c e s s o r s a n d i m p rov i n g farm safety.

It also calls for the development of a national food policy that promotes Canadian products, something the government says is in the works

FESTIVALS Is your community hosting a farm fair, exhibition, festival or homecoming event in 2016? Contact the Co-operator with your event, dates, location, contact information and any updates or changes at news@fbcpublishing.com.

May 27-29: Grunthal Spring Rodeo.

Call 204-392-7475 or email allissa@ hanoverag.com.

June 17-26: Red River Exhibition, 3977 Portage Ave., Winnipeg. Call 204-8886990 or visit www.redriverex.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 18-19: Boissevain Fair. Call 204534-0857 or email nicolekyle_88@ hotmail.com.

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 204726-3590 or visit provincialexhibition. com.

June 10-11: Lundar Agricultural Fair and Exhibition. Call 204-278-3255 or visit www.lundarfair.com.

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

Call 204-763-4342 or 204-729-8331.

June 24-25: Killarney Fair. Call 204523-8289 or email killarneyag@live.ca.

June 25: Delodaze, Deloraine Fairgrounds. Call 204-747-3668 or visit delowin.ca/delodaze-2016/.

June 25: Rapid City Fair. Call 204-8262273 or email mkbayes@xplornet.com.

June 25: MacGregor Fair. Call 204-7712357 or visit www.macgregorfair.com.

June 25-26: Miami Fair and Rodeo. Call 204-435-2288 or email janmoody@mymts.net.

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

June 25-26: Treherne Fair. Call 204723-2275 or email twinoaklimousin@ hotmail.ca.

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

June 30-July 1: Glenboro Fair.

Call 204-827-2661 or email didik@ wcgwave.ca.

June 17-19: Pelican Lake Fair, Ninette.

Call 204-523-4139 or visit www. pelicanlakeagsociety.wix.com/pelicanlake-ag.

June 30-July 2: Dauphin Fair.

Call 204-638-4428 or visit www. dauphinagsociety.com.

a l r e a d y. C FA a l s o w a n t s i n c re a s e d i n v e s t m e n t s i n rural infrastructure.

Risk management CFA is concerned that farmers have dropped out of the BRM programs because they’ve lost confidence sufficient financial help will be provided when needed. It notes farmer participation in the overall suite of programs has dropped from 119,121 producers in 2007 to 73,607 in 2013. The 2014 and 2015 numbers aren’t complete.

“The decline will be worse in 2015,” Scott Ross, the CFA’s d i re c t o r o f Bu s i n e s s R i s k Management and Farm Policy, said in an interview.

“Our concern is that people are dropping out because the program lacks credibility.”

When funds are available, they are too often inadequate to the financial challenge facing farmers.

Participation in AgriStability, which shores up incomes in periods of low market prices, dropped from 57 per cent in 2007 to 42 per cent in 2012 and has continued to fall since. AgriInvest and AgriRecovery have seen similar drops.

The CFA is preparing proposals to present to federal and provincial officials as part of the Growing Forward 3 negotiations set to start this year, prior to the expiration of Growing Forward 2 in 2018.

The CFA proposals envision AgriInvest as a strategic investment fund that farmers and governments would contribute with annual contribution limits of $100,000.

Farmers could make tax-free withdrawals from it in poor years.

With climate change expected to impair future f a r m p r o d u c t i o n , i t ’s important to make sure AgriRecovery can cover multiyear disaster costs, the CFA briefing document says.

“Climate change will bring more extreme weather events and Agr iRecover y is not designed for long-term problems,” Ross noted.

The next iteration of BRM programs also needs to provide additional assistance to

beginning farmers, who face the greatest expense burden, CFA says.

As well, it needs to change rules that reduce the support for a diversified farm producing a variety of commodities compared to a farm that produces fewer.

Diversified farms, producing and marketing non-supply-managed commodities, h a ve b e e n f o u n d t o m o re likely cease AgriStability program participation, compared to more specialized non-supply-managed farms.

This sets up a dynamic where industry may call for commodity-specific programming, but whole-farm programming is more trade friendly.

To p o s t c o m m e n t s o n Growing Forward 3: h t t p : / / w w w. a g r. g c. c a / e n g / about-us/key-depar tmen t a l - i n i t i a t i ve s / d e ve l o p i n g the-next-agricultural-policyframework/?id=1461767369849 To answer a questionaire on Growing Forward 2: h t t p : / / w w w. a g r. g c. c a / e n g / about-us/public-opinionand-consultations/nextagricultural-policy-frameworkshare-your-experience-andideas/?id=1461767905189

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

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

(850+ lbs.)

Alberta South — — 95.00 - 101.67 84.00 - 91.08 125.68 - 125.68 $ 154.00 - 171.00 169.00 - 185.00 181.00 -200.00 205.00 - 223.00 210.00 - 235.00 210.00 - 240.00 $ 142.00 - 156.00 152.00 - 168.00 165.00 - 180.00 173.00 - 191.00 179.00 - 200.00 180.00 - 205.00

Change 2.95 1.48 11.18 0.85 0.85 0.60

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

Cattle Slaughter

May 13, 2016

Previous Year­ 46,167 10,334 35,833 N/A 567,000

CNSC

Close 147.83 147.25 145.68 143.98 139.68 135.25

Change -0.13 0.22 0.00 0.17 -0.13 -0.68

Week Ending May 7, 2016 1,204 27,680 11,899 485 538 6,122 246

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 782 24,355 13,018 1,024 658 5,721 146

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 195 E 181 E 176.49

Last Week 185.97 172.41 168.81

Last Year (Index 100) 191.97 177.75 174.70

178.67

166.93

174.47

Futures (May 13, 2016) in U.S. Hogs

Close

Change

May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016

76.93 83.00 83.25 82.45

-0.65 0.67 0.13 0.50

October 2016

70.83

0.28

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

Wooled Fats

Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

— — Next Sale June 1st — —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 2010 Under 1.2 kg..................................................$1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg....................................................$1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg....................................................$1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg.....................................................$1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of May 8, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.890 Undergrade ....................................... $1.800 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.880 Undergrade ........................................ $1.780 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.880 Undergrade ........................................ $1.780 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.830 Undergrade.......................................... $1.745 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 88.25 - 127.01 139.09 - 216.80 282.46 - 310.83 274.35 - 310.12 243.61 - 330.48 —

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.+

A

s the summer season approaches, volumes at most auction marts in Manitoba are beginning to subside. During the week ended May 13, around 3,000 cattle made their way through the rings at the province’s eight major stockyards — a couple of hundred less than the week before.

Brad Kehler of Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart noted many animals were headed out to pasture. “There’s lots of feed in the yard still, but guys are bringing cattle out to grass.”

However, the timing of the slowdown can be a tricky thing this time of year, a marketwatcher from Alberta observed.

“The problem is, we’re so close to summertime and we might be in the late stages of a demand pull for the long weekend in May… the unofficial start of the barbecue season,” said Herb Lock of Farm$ense Marketing.

If there are any demand influences in the air, they weren’t fully realized in last week’s prices, which chopped up and down slightly across the board. One mart saw much of its feeder market section tick down by $5-$10 while another saw improvements of roughly $5-$7 in both feeder steers and heifers.

“There wasn’t a lot of cattle, but we had good quality,” said Kehler.

Another operator said discounts on poor cattle were on the increase. He said markdowns on animals that were poorly castrated, plain or frozen up had previously been just $10-$15 but could now be $50-$80.

One of the factors moving the market along these days is the strength of the cut-outs in the U.S., said Lock.

“Stock cash cattle are moving steadily upwards, but more importantly (the market’s) being supported by higher cut-outs — so the

herb lock Farm$ense Marketing

higher cut-outs support the futures, and the futures support the cash, and they’re all headed in the same direction.”

Another supportive element is that domestic supplies of beef aren’t quite as burdensome as many watchers expected them to be, according to Lock.

“We don’t have a higher supply here in Canada; we didn’t take the bait and increase our cow herd,” he explained.

However, the same can’t be said for the situation south of the border, where the herd has expanded substantially.

“The American cow herd has increased by more in the past year than the total Canadian cow herd,” said Lock.

What’s more, competing protein sources continue to flood the market and pressure beef.

“The pork supply will be nine per cent higher, chicken is 12 times, beef is just four or five times,” he said, adding lower grain prices have likely prompted some of the increase.

Carcass weights in the U.S. are also scaling down, which means many feedlot operators are getting somewhat higher prices each week.

Canadian ranchers shouldn’t expect any major surges upward for a while, Lock added.

“We’re not going to change the longer-term trend line; no massive price spikes in the next little while,” he said.

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

briefs

Activists press Olive Garden on antibiotics

BY LISA BAERTLEIN Los Angeles/Reuters

Dozens of activist groups, emboldened by recent policy shifts at major U.S. restaurants, are demanding Olive Garden owner Darden Restaurants change its food and labour practices.

Their sweeping agenda, part of a campaign called “Good Food Now,” calls for the full-service restaurant operator to strengthen its antibiotics policy and boost pay for employees.

McDonald’s USA last year committed to similar changes in its operations.

Darden has vowed to phase out meat from farm animals that are fattened up with antibiotics that are important to human medicine by the end of this year. All its suppliers will use human and animal antibiotics only to treat, prevent and control animal illness under the supervision of a veterinarian.

McDonald’s has gone further by promising to end routine use of medically important antibiotics for disease prevention in chicken production, said Kari Hamerschlag, deputy director of Friends of the Earth’s food and technology program.

That is key to preventing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, she said.

The bacteria are linked to an estimated 23,000 human

deaths and two million illnesses every year in the U.S. Alarm about superbugs is rising after the discovery in China of a gene called mcr-1, which makes bacteria resistant to all known antibiotics.

McDonald’s already is influencing the way food is produced in the U.S. and “it’s important that Darden also exerts that kind of pressure on the supply chain,” Hamerschlag said.

Darden’s Olive Garden chain includes six Canadian outlets in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgar y and Langley, B.C., and operates six other brands, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Eddie V’s, Bahama Breeze, Capital Grille and Seasons 52, based mainly in the U.S.

Toronto ($/cwt) 94.09 - 419.32 — 93.06 - 288.91

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“We don’t have a higher supply here in Canada; we didn’t take the bait and increase our cow herd.”

DAVE SIMS

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending May 7, 2016 48,949 12,148 36,801 N/A 590,000

Summer demand pull not appearing in prices yet Competing protein supplies keep pressure on beef

Ontario $ 136.90 - 156.45 143.41 - 161.05 75.11 - 102.06 75.11 - 102.06 97.82 - 117.47 $ 154.13 - 178.26 167.78 - 188.57 155.15 - 201.87 164.35 - 219.17 171.13 - 227.45 166.84 - 227.45 $ 143.01 - 161.04 150.63 - 174.08 158.42 - 184.32 152.14 - 189.19 154.94 - 203.50 144.03 - 208.58

$

(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 13, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close June 2016 122.58 August 2016 118.90 October 2016 118.10 December 2016 117.33 February 2017 116.23 April 2017 114.90

Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

$1 Cdn: $0.7727 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.294 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: May 13, 2016

Toronto ($/cwt) 20.00 - 69.00 54.00 - 79.00

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Canola fundamentals remain supportive in chaotic week

Average quotes as of May 16, 2016 ($/tonne)

The Prairies’ weather could swing markets either way

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

196.76

40.42

237.18

W. Manitoba wheat

196.76

34.07

230.83

E. Manitoba canola

515.80

-21.88

493.92

W. Manitoba canola

515.80

-24.05

491.75 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices Phil-Franz Warkentin

S

As of Monday May 16, 2016 ($/tonne)

For three-times-daily market

CNSC

eatbelts were mandatory for those following the canola futures market over the past week (May 9-13), with the July contract moving up, down and up again within a $40 range.

T h e b i g g e s t m ove c a m e o n Tu e s d a y, May 10, following the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand report. The numbers were deemed as bullish for soybeans, with a downward revision to the old-crop carry-out projection and an even tighter forecast for 2016-17. Beans rocketed higher and canola did the same.

Both old- and new-crop canola shot to fresh contract highs on Tuesday, but overbought warning bells were quickly sounding and prices were right back where they started by Thursday’s close. With the profittaking out of the way, canola could resume the slow upward trend in place over the past two months. The underlying fundamentals remain relatively supportive, with solid-end user demand and expectations for tightening ending stocks, but it will now likely take an outside catalyst for canola to retest its nearby highs.

The weather is one such factor being closely watched these days. Some areas of Western Canada, especially Alberta, remain on the dry side and are in need of moisture.

Nearby forecasts call for widespread rains from May 18 to 20, which would be bearish if realized.

Meanwhile, much of Saskatchewan and Manitoba already saw welcome precipitation over the past week. However, that moisture came in the form of snow and freezing temperatures in some cases, and the risk of a spring frost is still a strong possibility in the middle of May.

Last Week

Weekly Change

reports and more from

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

172.14

2.76

Commodity News Service Canada,

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

230.75

0.00

visit the Markets section at

Canola Thunder Bay

516.50

6.80

Canola Vancouver

536.50

6.80

www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, May 16, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Beyond the Canadian weather, much more attention these days remains on crop conditions in the U.S. and South America.

Soy b e a n p r o d u c t i o n e s t i m a t e s o u t o f Argentina have been downgraded due to excess moisture. In Brazil, dryness is the issue hurting crop prospects there.

Brazil was also in the news for all of the wrong political reasons over the past week, as the country’s president, Dilma Rousseff, faces impeachment. The political uncertainty led to swings in the Brazilian currency. That, in turn, influences the export market for both soybeans and corn, making movement out of the country more or less favourable, depending on the exchange rate that day.

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade both moved higher during the week, but soyoil was down.

Wheat is trading on its own news, with Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts moving up in sympathy with corn despite the relatively bearish global supply situation.

Minneapolis wheat was a bit more subdued, with prices holding within a very narrow range over the course of the week as the North American crop is still being planted.

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

Weekly Change

ICE canola

506.50

6.80

ICE milling wheat

236.00

-1.00

ICE barley

174.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

194.74

-0.64

Chicago SRW wheat

171.96

1.75

Kansas City HRW wheat

165.26

-1.10

Corn

153.14

6.00

Oats

124.33

-0.49

Soybeans

393.90

21.95

Soymeal

401.57

30.42

Soyoil

718.17

6.84

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, May 16, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

210.89

n/a

Feed barley

n/a

n/a

Rye

n/a

n/a

444.86

5.91

Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

177.67

1.30

Soybeans

418.88

12.86

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

16.75

n/a

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

Ask

Ask

Hard red spring wheat bids show modest strength MGEX July spring wheat rose about half a cent last week

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

C

ash spring wheat bids across Western Canada showed some modest improvement in most locations over the week ended May 13, with U.S. futures posting gains and the Canadian dollar holding steady.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $1-$6 per tonne over the course of the week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of deliver y points across the Prairie provinces compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged from about $230 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $244 in northern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, ranging from

$34 to $48 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollar-denominated futures and Canadian dollar cash bids.

When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars, CWRS bids ranged from US$178 to $188 per tonne, up about $1 compared to the previous week. That would put the currency-adjusted basis levels at about US$8-$18 below the futures.

Looking at it the other way around, if Minneapolis futures are conver ted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from C$10 to $23 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were narrowly mixed on the week. Average CPSR prices came in at about $199-$206

Average CWRS prices ranged from about $230 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan to as high as $244 in northern Alberta.

per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $209-$215 per tonne in Alberta.

Av e r a g e d u r u m p r i c e s w e r e mixed, depending on the location, with bids in Saskatchewan ranging from roughly $284 to $288 per tonne.

The July spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most C W R S c o n t ra c t s i n Ca n a d a a re based, was quoted at US$5.355 per bushel on May 13, up 0.5 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$4.56 per bushel on May 13, up 2.5 U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The July Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled May 13 at US$4.7475, up by 11 U.S. cents on the week.

The Canadian dollar closed at 77.31 U.S. cents on May 13, relatively unchanged compared with its U.S. counterpart on the week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

Aging milk dryers limit dairy sector Without new industry investment dairy producers could be stuck in a negative loop as existing infrastructure ages

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

A

ging milk dryers and industry paralysis on how to move forward and modernize is setting the stage for a prolonged crisis in the Canadian dairy sector.

Without a plan to address the situation, milk producers are going to pay the price of this shortfall, says Peter Gould, CEO and general manager of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.

“In the absence of a well-thoughtout strategy and plan to go along with it, we could well face a future of a shrinking industry, divestment, more dependence on imports, all with a devastating impact on rural Canada,” Gould told the Senate agriculture committee. He said the issue will affect rural communities and rural infrastructure, all of which are heavily dependent on a strong dairy industry in many parts of Canada.

Central to the challenges facing the sector is a shortage of milk dryers and the age of 10 of the 12 currently in operation, he said.

“As of right now, every single one of those dryers has reached its capacity, meaning those plants cannot receive or process more milk,” Gould said.

That means the industry cannot produce more butter to meet the growing demand or turn more skim milk into powder, he pointed out.

Ten of the dryers are more than 40 years old and have outlived their useful life.

“In fact, any one of those dryers can fail at any time,” Gould said.

“Failure means decommissioning due to physical failure or no longer being able to meet a quality standard required by the companies that buy the skim milk products. Those old dryers cannot make the products that are demanded in the market.”

Because there’s not enough dryer capacity, skim milk is being disposed of across Central and Eastern Canada every day, he noted. A year ago, from Ontario east, the industry reached its collective capacity for drying skim milk powder.

“We find ourselves on the brink of change,” Gould told the Senate agriculture committee. “The status quo is not an option. Doing nothing is not an option.”

The solution lies in new ingredient facilities to both expand drying capacity and produce new products from skim milk solids for the food industry and consumers.

“Facilities have to be much bigger than they are today and we estimate that to begin with we need at least twice as much capacity as what is being replaced,” Gould said. “That’s to meet the pent-up demand as well as to be in a position to satisfy growth for the next 15-20 years.

It takes about three years to build a new facility, he added, one of which is already under construction.

“A large butter powder processor in Ontario is taking an interim step.

It’s not the full-ingredient facility that we’re looking for, but it will address the issue to some extent in the short term.”

Dairy producers say without new processing capacity, the industry can’t be sustainable.

Photo: Thinkstock

“We find ourselves on the brink of change. The status quo is not an option. Doing nothing is not an option.”

Peter Gould Dairy Farmers of Ontario

Dairy farmers and processors have discussed the need for financial assistance in building new facilities with government representatives, he said. He did not mention any figures. “ To l i t e r a l l y m o d e r n i z e t h e Canadian dairy industry, we need to bring it into the 21st century,” Gould said.

DFO has been supporting processors because the only way for producers to succeed is through investment in new processor infrastructure, Gould said.

“We need to transition from where we are to being able to service the market and supply the products

in the forms and the types that are in demand,” he said. “That means processors processing more milk, p r o d u c i n g m o re m i l k o n f a r m s and putting quota in the hands of producers.”

Gould added the investment is a good one for producers because new quota is distributed to existing producers in proportion to the size of their current operations.

“It doesn’t cost the farmers anything,” Gould said.

Gould said additional quota generally plays out one of three ways, all positive for the industry.

Existing producers have the chance

to expand and moder nize. New entrants will find it easier to get into the business. Existing farms will be less likely to exit the industry.

“All the way around, there is a lot of positive impact,” Gould said.

Dairy Farmers of Ontario introduced an ingredient strategy in April.

“We’re literally one month into it, so it’s a little early to tell whether or how it’s working, but we’re both confident and optimistic it’s a move in the right direction,” Gould said.

T h e p l a n c re a t e s a c l a s s t h a t includes all skim solids and products made from skim solids, and price them at what the industry calls a competitive price. That will create an environment that is conducive for new investment, and simpler than the current system, Gould said. “(It) offers potential for growth and return on investment to those companies that choose to make the investment,” Gould said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

NEWs

Sunny side up

Australia’s biggest dairy hurt by China market blunder

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY/Reuters

Australia’s largest dairy producer is facing financ i a l h a rd s h i p, u n d e rscoring the risks of linki n g a n y c ompany too closely to the vagaries of the Chinese consumer.

Murray Goulburn saw its managing director quit on April 26, as it blamed weaker-thanexpected China sales for a profit warning, sending its shares to a record low.

Just nine months after going public, the milk and butter producer slashed its fullyear net profit forecast to between A$39 million and A$42 million (C$37.4 million and C$40.3 million), less than half the forecast.

Murray Goulburn said that after sales of its milk powder sachets in China tripled in the last six months of 2015, it increased production, only to see orders drop over Chinese New Year in February.

Sales to China recovered in March, but slowed again in April.

The company offered no explanation but said the slowdown “has significantly reduced expectations for the remainder of the financial year.”

It also noted an unfavourable currency move, after the Australian dollar rose more than 10 per cent since mid-January, hurting exporters.

The company also c u t i t s f o re c a s t f a r m gate price to between A$4.75 and A$5 a kilog ra m ( C $ 4 . 5 6 - C $ 4 . 8 0 ) for the year to June 30, from A$5.60 (C$5.37) per kilogram previously, and said it will provide financial assistance to farmers resulting in charges of up to A$165 million (C$158.3 million).

Murray Goulburn shares slumped 35 per cent to a record low of A$1.39 (C$1.33). The broader market meanwhile rose nearly one per cent.

Ot h e r d a i r y e x p o r te r s a l s o r o s e, a s i g n that Murray Goulburn’s misjudgment of future Chinese demand was especially strong. New Zealand-based Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd., another China supplier, gained one per cent.

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Alberta to fold livestock, grain agencies in budget Fuels for farming are exempt from the province’s planned carbon tax STAFF

A

lberta’s farmers will be spared the new fuel levy planned for next year in the province’s latest budget, but can expect a number of farm agencies to close in the meantime as the province moves to curb spending.

Provincial Finance Minister Joe Ceci on April 14 announced a 2016-17 budget with projected revenue of $41.38 billion, based on conservative estimates of resource revenue, and expenses of $51.1 billion, for an expected deficit of about $10.4 billion.

Ceci’s budget maps out a “Climate Leadership Plan” that places a carbon levy on transport and heating fuels, pricing carbon at $20 per tonne starting Jan. 1, 2017 and $30 per tonne starting Jan. 1, 2018, translating to a 5.35-cent-per-litre levy on diesel

in 2017 and 8.03 cents per litre in 2018.

Marked gasoline and diesel “used by farmers for farming operations” will be exempt from the levy — but tax-exempt marked fuels sold for other “qualifying offroad uses” will be subject to the levy, the province said.

Ceci, in announcing the deficit budget, noted previous Alberta governments have responded in bust times with “reckless and extreme cuts to public services” but such a move today would “only cause more pain and economic anxiety, tearing at the fabric of our communities and making a difficult situation that much worse.”

However, the public sector won’t go untouched, as the province also announced “a number of cost-saving measures that help restrain the rate of growth in government operating expense,”

including amalgamations for several agencies and outright dissolution for others.

In all, 26 agencies are to be affected, for cost savings of $33 million over three years. Alberta’s Land Compensation Board, Municipal Government Board, New Home Buyer Protection Board and Surface Rights Board face consolidation, the province said.

Among the agencies and committees scheduled to be dissolved, however, are the province’s Alberta Grains Council (AGC) and Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA).

ALMA, set up in 2008, directs funding in the livestock sector to support market development and diversification, “production system enhancement,” certification programs, product development, research and development programs and “transition and change” programs.

The AGC, meanwhile, includes up to eight farmer members advising the provincial ag minister on “current and emerging issues and trends in the grain industry,” backed by a “small” support staff. As of 2014, the council had five farmer members and three staffers.

The AGC, set up in 1972 as the Alberta Grain Commission, is today tasked with examining “all facets of the grain industry… from producer to end-user” and making policy recommendations on “any matters pertaining to the grain industry.”

Other provincial committees marked for dissolution include the Agricultural Development Committee, the Agricultural Operation Practices Act Policy Advisory Group, the Alberta Farm Safety Advisory Council, the Alberta Next Generation Advisory Council and the Alberta Recreation Trails Partnership.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 19, 2016

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Feeder Steers No. on offer

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

11-May

10-May

10-May

10-May

11-May

n/a

12-May

n/a

360

450

197

595

709*

n/a

300*

n/a

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

144.00-150.50

n/a

135.00-160.00

145.00-157.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

160.00-179.00

160.00-179.00

160.00-175.00

168.00-190.00

166.00-187.00

n/a

160.00-186.00

n/a

700-800

175.00-202.00

170.00-198.25

170.00-188.00

185.00-208.00

180.00-204.00

n/a

175.00-201.00

n/a

600-700

175.00-218.00

175.00-198.50

185.00-204.00

195.00-218.00

189.00-212.00

n/a

185.00-208.00

n/a

500-600

180.00-220.00

200.00-221.00

195.00-210.00

205.00-221.00

195.00-223.00

n/a

195.00-220.00

n/a

400-500

n/a

210.00-246.00

200.00-220.00

220.00-255.00

222.00-252.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

220.00-255.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

130.00-153.00

110.00-125.25

n/a

120.00-135.00

130.00-145.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

140.00-185.00

140.00-160.50

145.00-162.00

145.00-160.00

148.00-161.00 (165.00)†

n/a

n/a

n/a

700-800

140.00-177.00

140.00-174.00

160.00-173.00

150.00-174.00

159.00-176.00 (178.00)††

n/a

155.00-175.00

n/a

600-700

150.00-186.50

160.00-193.00

170.00-191.00

165.00-190.00

172.00-192.00

n/a

165.00-189.00 (193.00)

n/a

500-600

180.00-196.00

170.00-200.00

185.00-200.00

180.00-200.00

184.00-207.00

n/a

175.00-190.00

n/a

400-500

n/a

170.00-210.00

195.00-215.00

195.00-217.00

186.00-220.00

n/a

175.00-200.00 (204.00)

n/a

300-400

n/a

180.00-220.00

195.00-215.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer

159

D1-D2 Cows

80.00-85.00

70.00-98.00

n/a

93.00-101.00

89.00-97.50

n/a

89.00-98.00 (103.00)

n/a

D3-D5 Cows

77.00-80.00

n/a

n/a

82.00-92.00

87.00-94.00

n/a

82.00-88.00

n/a

85

n/a

Age Verified

85.00-107.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

89.00-97.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

100.00-118.00

115.00-141.00

100.00-115.00

117.00-130.00

118.00-127.00

n/a

110.00-126.00 (128.50)

n/a

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

100.00-109.00

n/a

96.00-115.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

87.00-92.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

79.00-85.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-117.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

98.00-115.00

n/a

n/a

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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Unsealed wells a safety, health and environmental issue

Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup hosts ninth annual event

Sealing wells will prevent accidents and groundwater contamination STAFF

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ow many abandoned wells are on your property?

There’s a really good chance most farmers won’t have an answer to that question, and an equally good chance that most of them will have at least one.

It could be in an old yard site that’s still clearly present.

It could be in a part of a field that’s now indistinguishable from the rest, but where a yard site once stood. It could even be in the main farmyard, according to the Pembina Valley Conservation District.

“Many established farmyards will have more than one unmarked well,” the organization said in a media release.

“M a n y o f t h e a b a n d o n e d wells have been covered over with old buildings.”

It also noted the situation isn’t necessarily just a farm t h i n g e i t h e r. Re s i d e n t s i n town might still have wells in their backyards that have been simply forgotten about since a community water system was extended into their area.

Regardless where they’re located, they should be found and sealed, for a variety of reasons. Any open well can result in surface water

“Many established farmyards will have more than one unmarked well. Many of the abandoned wells have been covered over with old buildings.”

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c o n t a m i n a t i n g g r o u n d w ater, which can result in both health and environmental issues. They can also cause accidents and entrapments in the worst-case scenarios.

Finding them can be a challenge. Remaining windbreaks mark the presence of some inactive homesteads, while other wells may retain no markings and are being farmed over.

Pe m b i n a Va l l e y Co n s e r va t i o n Di s t r i c t h a s a program to fill abandoned w e l l s. T h e p r o c e d u re f o l lows guidelines developed by the provincial government.

Proper materials are used to help prevent settling and are clear of contaminants. Several layers of bentonite clay may be used to create an impervious layer to prevent the

Sealing an abandoned well will prevent accidents and protect groundwater from contamination. PHOTO: PVCD

vertical movement of water.

Chlorine will be put into the well to disinfect it before the well is filled. A layer of bentonite or similar clay near the ground surface, overlain by native soil will prevent contamination from surface sources.

It’s careful to follow these guidelines, but that also m e a n s t h e re’s a n e x p e n s e attached to it. The average cost to fill a well is $800.

PVCD hopes to get more of its local landowners to do this work by under wr iting many of these costs. It has a program for landowners to apply to have wells filled.

Landowners are responsible

for only the first $150 in costs, unless there is the need for additional work like removing plumbing or utilities like hydro, that aren’t part of the actual well-filling process.

Those additional costs are the landowner’s responsibility. The PVCD will cover costs including labour, mileage, backhoe services, bentonite, sand and the cost of hauling it.

If you live within the Pembina Valley Conservation District and have an abandoned well you would like filled, you can call the office at 204-242-3267, or visit the website at www.pvcd.ca for an application.

outh up to age 25 are eligible to attend the ninth annual Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup July 29 to 31 in Neepawa.

The event features a variety of competitions and events to fit all skills and interests of participants. Events include t e a m g ro o m i n g , i n d i vidual and team judging, showmanship, marketi n g a r t , p h o t o g ra p h y, s c ra p b o o k i n g , e d u c a tional workshops as well as cattle classes.

The cattle show is on Sunday, July 31.

Don’t miss this opportunity for a fun educational weekend with youth from across the province.

For more information contact: Lois McRae at 204-728-3058 or go to the Facebook page for M a n i t o b a Yo u t h B e e f Roundup.

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An unsettled long weekend en route Issued: Monday, May 16, 2016 · Covering: May 18 – May 25, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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fter a pretty chilly weekend it looks like summer is going to try and move back in during this forecast period, with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures expected.

This forecast period will begin with an area of high pressure building to our southeast and an area of low p re s s u re ove r f a r We s t e r n Canada. Together, these two features will bring us a warm westerly to southwesterly flow that will help to boost temperatures toward the top end of the usual temperature range for this time of the year.

Thanks to the high to our southeast, we should see mainly sunny skies right through until at least Saturday. Under the strong late-spring sunshine, daytime highs will be running in the mid- to upper 20s, with overnight lows around the 10 C mark. For the long weekend, the weather models show the western low finally kicking eastward, but confidence in

the exact track and timing of this system is low. Currently, it looks like the low will move across central Manitoba sometime on Sunday, bringing with it some clouds along with a few showers or thundershowers. At this time it doesn’t look like this system will bring widespread rainfall.

The forecast for the first half of next week is pretty muddled as the weather models are having a tough time figuring out what looks to be a fairly active pattern. The weather models show another low developing over Montana on Tuesday that could bring a chance of thundershowers to our region. This low is then forecast to track northe a s t w a rd a n d w e a k e n o n We d n e s d a y. Te m p e r a t u re s look to continue to be mild, but exactly how warm it will be depends on just how much sunshine we get.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 15 to 26 C; lows, 2 to 10 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

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14 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 29, 2016 to May 12, 2016

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the 14 days ending May 12. Most of Alberta and Manitoba had a dry start to May, with a large portion of both of these provinces seeing less than five millimetres of precipitation. Things were wet across south-central Saskatchewan, where an upper low brought upward of 50 mm of precipitation to some places.

‘Severe’ versus ‘air mass’ thunderstorms

If the wind changes direction with altitude, a storm may begin rotating and can last even longer

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

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fter a start to May that made most people across the Prairies believe summer had arrived early, a deep upper low and a large arctic high combined to bring temperatures crashing back down. This reminded us just why our part of the world has some of the most interesting and variable weather. The rapid swing in temperatures leads nicely into this issue’s topic, severe thunderstorms.

Ba c k i n Ap r i l we t a l k e d about what it takes to form severe thunderstorms: heat, humidity, lift, and some way to vent the air at the top of the storm. This week we’ll take a look at what it takes to create a severe thunderstorm and turn it into a thunderstorm to truly remember.

We have a hot, humid air mass in place, the air a few thousand feet up is very cold, providing for good lift, and we have a strong jet stream overhead providing the venting at the top of the storm.

Everything is in place for a s e v e re t h u n d e r s t o r m , b u t what can Mother Nature add

Like most things in nature, thunderstorms rarely behave like a textbook example of a thunderstorm.

to the mix to make things even worse?

Probably the most important “extra” ingredient that can be added to the mix is to have the wind change direction with altitude. Remember, the atmosphere is three dimensional — that is, air can flow hor izontally, but this horizontal direction can change as you move upward.

Why would this have an impact on our storm?

To p u t i t i n a n u t s h e l l , this change of direction can cause the developing storm to rotate. Picture what would happen if you take a rising parcel of air and push on it from the south when it is at the surface. Then, as it rises up a couple of thousand feet, the wind switches direction and now blows from the east.

Then, a few thousand feet further up, it is blowing from the northwest. What would hap-

pen to our rising parcel of air?

It would get twisted; it would start to rotate.

Remember, if we can get air to rotate counterclockwise, we have an area of low pressure. Air flows inward in a counterclockwise rotation and is then forced to move upward. One thing we get, if we can get our severe storm rotating, is a small-scale area of low pressure that helps the air to rise even more than it would without the rotation.

The second thing a rotating thunderstorm can do is nicely separate the area of updrafts and downdrafts. This is important, since the downdrafts, even with a severe thunderstorm, will eventually cut the updraft off from its source of warm, moist air.

In a rotating thunderstorm, the source of warm, moist air is maintained, giving these storms a long life and a lot

of moisture to produce heavy rains.

Heavy rotation Another aspect to the storm that a rotating column of air can provide is tornadoes. While we still do not understand how tornadoes are formed, we do know rotating thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. It is believed rotating columns of air can get squeezed into a narrower shape; as this happens, the wind speeds increase eventually producing the tornado.

Like most things in nature, thunderstorms rarely behave like a textbook example of a thunderstorm. Even when all the ingredients are there, no storms may form, or sometimes some key ingredient is missing, yet we get a really severe storm. This is what makes weather so interesting.

Now, not ever y thunderstorm that develops becomes severe; in fact, much of our summer rainfall comes from garden-variety thunderstorms, or what we call “air mass” thunderstorms. These storms, as the name indicates, develop in the middle of a typical warm summer air mass.

Because they are in the middle of an air mass, some of the key

ingredients for severe storms are missing.

Usually, in the middle of an air mass, temperature will not decrease that rapidly with height. The wind will usually remain constant with height, and there will probably not be a jet stream overhead.

Nonetheless, we can still have enough heat and humidity for air to rise and thunderstorms will form. Since these storms don’t rotate or have any way to vent the rising air from the top of the storm, they rarely last long. The accumulating air at the top of the storm will eventually fall back down as a downdraft; this will wipe out the updraft, essentially killing the storm. The whole process, from the start of the storm to the downdraft killing it, can be anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.

While these storms are short lived, they can give brief periods of heavy rain and the odd good gust of wind, especially when the downdraft fist hits the ground. These storms often provide us with just the right amount of precipitation when we need it during the summer.

I hope you now know just a little bit more about the nature of severe thunderstorms.

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CROPS h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

Corn borers develop taste for potatoes

BY JULIENNE ISAACS

European corn borer might prefer grain crops normally, but it’s not opposed to settling into a potato crop too if conditions are right. PHOTOs: MAFRD

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a n a d i a n p o t a t o g r ow ers found a new insect foe in the 2015 season — European corn borer.

Ordinarily the pest prefers maize and other grain crops, but when conditions are right it will move on and hit other crops hard, including potatoes.

Ian MacRae, an extension entomologist at Minnesota’s Northwest Research and Outreach Center, told Manitoba Potato Production Days this January the effects aren’t pretty.

“When it hits potatoes it’s devastating — the young burrow into the stem in the potato, near a leaf axil, eating out the pith and vascular tissue, causing wilting or weakening the stem, lodging the plant so the leaf and stem fall down,” said MacRae. “And their entry points serve as sites for secondary infection.”

This route for disease infection has been associated with significant yield losses for potato growers hit with this pest.

Once corn borers are inside potato stems, control is very difficult, as few foliar insecticides are systemic.

In 2015, there were more reports of corn borers in Manitoban and northern U.S. potato crops than the previous several years.

MacRae believes the reasons are complex. Corn borer will utilize alternate hosts if preferred hosts are not available. For example, if nearby growers are using Bt corn resistant to pests.

In the 2015 season, environmental conditions were bad for natural predators of corn borer early in the year, allowing them a “start” which, left unsuppressed with timely foliar controls, led to severe infestations for some growers.

MacRae said the corn borer’s venture into other crops isn’t all that surprising, as more than 200 crops have been identified as potential hosts.

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When corn isn’t available or is a resistant variety, corn borer will move on to potato fields

Scouting vital Corn borers overwinter in the larval stage in host stalks and plant debris, MacRae said, pupating in the spring and emerging as adults in June. Moths tend to aggregate in weedy, marginal areas, with females entering fields to lay eggs, 15 to 20 at a time, on the undersides of leaves.

Knowledge of the corn borer’s life history is key to its management. Eggs hatch in five to seven days, forming dark “blackheads” just prior to hatching.

According to MacRae, this is the time for foliar insecticide application.

“The insect lays eggs in a raft, but the larvae have a very dark head capsule,” he said. “When the eggs start to turn black they’re very close to hatching. When you make an application at this point, the eggs will hatch in the next couple of days, and the residual in an insecticide will give you a measure of control.”

Neonicotinoids (exluding imidacloprid, which doesn’t have much of an effect) and diamides can be effective, as well as “softer” chemistries such as Spinosad, which are easier on predators, he said.

“When it hits potatoes it’s devastating — the young burrow into the stem in the potato, near a leaf axil, eating out the pith and vascular tissue, causing wilting or weakening the stem, lodging the plant so the leaf and stem fall down.”

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Because the timeline for insecticide application is so limited, scouting is key.

MacRae said the eggs are easy to scout for, and growers can’t mistake the characteristic “blackheads” of eggs close to hatching. Growers should look for infested stems, examining leaf axils and petioles for larvae and entry holes.

“Scouting is incredibly important with this insect,” he said.

His team has found some success using pheromone trapping as a scouting technique. But he cautions that while pheromone traps might offer one indication of projected populations, they don’t tell the whole story.

“If you get a high pheromone trap catch, this doesn’t mean you’ll

necessarily have an outbreak of larvae,” he said. “A lot of things can happen from that time to egg hatch. Don’t use pheromone traps as an application trigger, but a scouting trigger.”

A variety of natural factors can take care of this pest before it becomes a problem in potato, including the weather. Heavy precipitation at egg hatch can cause some mortality, as well as low humidity, low nighttime temperatures and wind with heavy rain.

MacRae said growers should maximize natural mortality of the insect and decrease insecticide use.

That will encourage predation of corn borer as eggs and young larvae by ladybird beetles and other predators and native parasitoids.

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KAP defends its refundable membership fee checkoff

Farmer Shelley Mitchell wants changes so those who don’t want to be members can avoid the deduction

BY ALLAN DAWSON

“This has been a flawed program from the very beginning.

This should be an opt-in program, not an opt out.”

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western Manitoba farmer says Keystone Agricultural Producers is wrong to put the onus on farmers to opt out of membership and the group’s refundable checkoff.

Shelley Mitchell, who farms with her husband Byron Bellow between Baldur and Cypress River says KAP needs to revisit its funding model.

“This has been a flawed program from the very beginning,” Mitchell said in an interview May 4. “This should be an optin program, not an opt out.”

For years KAP has collected annual membership dues from farmer sales through a provincially legislated checkoff of 0.75 of one per cent, which is refundable upon request.

Farmers have to sell $28,000 worth of product before KAP collects its $210.

Farmers can also avoid the checkoff by submitting a membership opt-out form to KAP before the start of its fiscal year Dec. 1.

Around 1,000 farmers who support KAP, but want to avoid the checkoff, pay their dues directly.

Opting out Mitchell and Bellow had opted out of KAP for three years, but the opt-out period, which is now one year, recently expired.

Unbeknownst to Mitchell and Bellow, two different elevator companies deducted KAP fees from their grain cheques earlier this year.

“The problem was we weren’t even aware that now a person has to opt out annually,” she said.

Mitchell said it caught other farmers by surprise too. Grain c o m p a n i e s a re f r u s t ra t e d because they have to deal with annoyed farmers, she said, adding KAP should have notified farmers about the change.

A KAP official agreed that would be desirable, but mailing every producer would be costly.

Shelley Mitchell

KAP’s membership fees are collected through a checkoff. KAP president Dan Mazier says the fee is worth it, but those who disagree can apply for a refund. Farmer Shelley Mitchell says KAP membership should be “opt in” not “opt out.” PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

KAP could ask elevators to put up posters in the fall reminding farmers they can opt out, Mitchell said. If KAP doesn’t, Mitchell said she might.

“I am willing to start my own defence against it,” she said.

“I can start my own group — Farmers Against KAP. Maybe it is time that farmers got together and we start petitions and change things.”

Another option is to change things from the inside, KAP president Dan Mazier said in an interview from his farm near Justice May 12.

“You could attend a district meeting and try to get it changed if you want, versus just complaining about it,” he said.

Mazier also took exception to Mitchell’s charge that KAP’s checkoff was tantamount to theft. Even if a farmer doesn’t notice the KAP checkoff, he or she will get a receipt and then can ask for a refund.

But Mitchell said that’s like Walmart deducting money for a charitable donation when

customers pay and then giving them the option to ask for a refund later.

“This is a democratic country so if I don’t want to belong to something I don’t have to,” she said. “There are a lot of small farmers like ourselves who don’t want to give up $200.

“They just take it for granted that we should just give it to them.”

KAP’s checkoff isn’t perfect, Mazier said. It was created before the Internet and cellphones, and at a time when there were more elevators and farmers usually delivered to just one or two.

Lists KAP sends a list of opted-out farmers, and those who have contributed the maximum $210 fee, to elevator companies monthly. But between the updates, additional checkoff money can be deducted. And it can take up to two months to remit the money because KAP can’t repay the farmer until it gets the money from the elevator.

KAP’s office. Mazier said he’s getting mostly positive feedback about what KAP does for farmers.

KAP is the most transparent and democratic farm organization in Canada, Mazier said. A local board represents members in 12 districts. District representatives meet four times a year bringing forward issues.

“It’s not that board (of directors) saying, ‘this is how it’s working,’ it is the grassroots saying, ‘here is what you need to do.’”

Saving farmers money KAP often bemoaned its own checkoff system in the past, partly because not all grain companies collect it, even though required to by law.

Changes also require legislation.

“With the government talking about red tape reduction we might be able to streamline the mechanics of the checkoff system,” Mazier said. “But we don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater either. It is a very cumbersome checkoff system to say the least. But at least we have it.”

A year ago, KAP hired a membership co-ordinator to handle checkoff issues and also make the case with farmers individually why they shouldn’t opt out of KAP. A KAP official said memberships so far this fiscal year are up slightly from the same period a year ago at 3,065. KAP expects total membership will be around 4,500. Around 150 farmers have opted out.

Mazier said he hasn’t fielded a single complaint call personally, including from Mitchell, although she did complain to

KAP has accomplished a lot for farmers, Mazier said, including convincing the Manitoba government to rebate 80 per cent of education tax on farmland, up to $5,000 a year.

Mazier is especially proud of KAP’s role in helping shape the Manitoba government’s workplace safety rules for farms.

“We were able to explain to government how agriculture is different and we were able to adjust a lot of things for agriculture specifically,” he said.

KAP offers an array of member benefits including group health and dental plans.

“The cell (phone) benefit more than pays for a (KAP) m e m b e r s h i p r i g h t t h e re,” Mazier said.

KAP members are also eligible for discounts of $2,000 to $13,000 on Dodge and Chrysler vehicles. About a dozen people who traditionally have opted out of KAP signed up this year because they planned to buy a Dodge truck or wanted the cellphone deal, a KAP official said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Fababean acreage muted this year The crop has a softer supply/demand ratio than some other pulses

BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

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ower pricing and a softer supply/demand ratio has fababeans trailing some of their more high-profile pulse cousins when it comes to grower intentions across the Canadian Prairies this year.

“The marketplace is really being driven by lentils and peas.

The indication for many growers is to put their acres into those type of crops; fababeans are taking a bit of a back seat,” said Leanne Fischbuch, executive director for Alberta Pulse Growers.

The situation is similar in

Saskatchewan, the other main growing province for the crop.

“We expect the growth we’ve seen in fababean acres in recent years to be muted a bit,” said Carl Potts, executive director for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers.

Some estimates for Canadian acres are around 130,000 to 135,000, he said.

Fischbuch said Alberta won’t likely top the roughly 100,000 acres it seeded last year.

Instead, 90,000 to 95,000 is a more likely target.

“Prices have a base of $5-$6 a bushel, (which is) down a touch from last year,” she explained.

Most of the crop will be headed for Egypt, Fischbuch and Potts added, but the coun-

try’s not in a deficit situation for pulse supplies like India.

“Egypt is the big market for fabas and we’re not in as tight a supply/demand balance globally as we are on peas and lentils,” said Potts.

One advantage fababeans have over peas and lentils, though, is their ability to withstand certain types of diseases.

“Fababeans and chickpeas have been found to be a little more resistant to some of the root disease growers have been facing,” said Potts.

Fischbuch said fababeans feature a lot of protein, which is desirable to both humans and animals.

“If you make a human-quality

Most fababean growers in Saskatchewan are waiting for warmer temperatures before planting begins, while many Alberta acres are already planted. photo: mafrd

fababean product, chances are your product is being exported to Egypt. If you’re not hitting a human grade very often you’re moving into an animal feed product,” she explained.

From talking with some of her

group’s members, Fischbuch said many fababeans are in the ground already.

Over in Saskatchewan, Potts said most growers are waiting for warmer temperatures but a few beans are in the ground.

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briefs

Nominations sought for Global Farmer Roundtable Staff / Organizers of the Global Farmer Roundtable, an invitation-only event held in conjunction with the World Food Pr ize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa next October, are accepting nominations for farmers to participate.

Canadian farmers are invited to nominate themselves or other farmers for this week-long opportunity to network and participate in the global dialogue around food issues.

The dates for the 2016 Global Farmer Roundtable will be the week of Monday, October 10 to Friday, October 14, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.

T h e G l o b a l Fa r m e r Roundtable features a facilitated dialogue among global farmers to better understand and address the challenges of filling an increasing food and nutritional security gap.

Through dialogue and time spent together they discover commonalities, share their challenges, discuss tools, technologies and strategies that can be adopted to meet these challenges, and are empowered to meet the demands of closing the food gap through shared work, message and mission.

The farmers are challenged to discover the power of their unique viewpoint, refine their skills to communicate their story with impact and gain a platform to expand their circle of influence in the global food challenge debate.

No m i n e e s m u s t b e actively engaged in food production. Nominations close on Friday, June 3, 2016. Selected nominees will be contacted during the summer.

For more information, please contact: Mary Boote, chief executive officer, Global Farmer Network at mboote@ globalfarmernetwork.org.

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he Prairie Organic Grain Initiative has launched a new toll-free telephone number to provide advice to organic, transitioning, and interested grain and field crop producers across the Prairies.

Organic experts are available to answer producer questions on organic grain and field crop production, transitioning to organic production, certification, agronomy, marketing, and post-harvest handling.

To talk to an organic specialist, call 1-800-245-8341 and leave a detailed question, or email info@ pivotandgrow.com (include your name, number and location).

An organic specialist will reply in one to three business days. More information and resources may be found at www.pivotandgrow. com.

Pivot and Grow, which is part of the organic grain initiative, is also putting on a training program, with the University of Manitoba, for agronomists who deal with organic grain farmers.

“There has been a lot of interest from agronomists, farmers, organic inspectors, and agricultural government workers,” said Iris Vraisman, project co-ordinator for the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative. Sessions started in Moose Jaw March 21 followed by Lacombe, Alta. March 23.

A one-day session will be held on June 16 at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm in Carman, Man. Participants will be given 12 months of support via social media and the Internet, with a followup meeting in June 2017.

It will also hold a field day on Aug. 9 at Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s research and development centre in Swift Current. Along with presen-

tations from organic experts, there will be a tour of field trials, including ones that focus on water and soil conserving tillage systems; intercropping on Brown soils; cover crops; polyculture; winter annuals; successful perennial native grass and legume mixtures; and forage pea mixtures with oat and barley for greenfeed production.

More information on both events can be found in the Events section of www.pivotandgrow. com.

Providing a basic grounding in organic agronomy to a wide crosssection of the sector is important to sustainable growth in organic agriculture, Vraisman said.

“This training is necessary because there are few agronomists/consultants who are trained to work with organic/ecological farmers.

“As demand for organic and organic acres grows, more farm-

ers are looking for more agronomists who can work together with organic farmers,” she said.

“Training agronomists is one of the various ways that we can support organic farmers.”

Rotation planning is key, but so is building diversity through management. “For example, when thinking about weeds, farmers need to use a combination of multiple cultural and multiple mechanical forms of weed control,” she said. “Additionally, in organic/ecological agriculture it is important to have knowledge of ecology and the natural systems of the farm.”

The Prairie Organic Grain Initiative is a $2.2-million, fouryear program aimed at expanding and supporting the organic field crop sector on the Prairies.

The federal government is contributing $1.2 million, with food companies and industry partners contributing $1 million.

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Winnipeg MLA named NDP agriculture critic Staff / Winnipeg MLA and former cabinet minister Mohinder Saran has been appointed Opposition agriculture critic for the NDP caucus.

Saran, was first elected to the Legislature in 2007 and briefly served as minister of housing and community development with the Selinger government.

Sa r a n w a s b o r n i n Punjab, India, and moved to Manitoba in 1971. He is the first Indo-Canadian person to have been appointed to cabinet in Manitoba.

In addition to keeping an eye on the agriculture portfolio, he is critic for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the Taxicab Board.

Flor Marcelino has been named interim Opposition leader in the much-reduced 14-member Legislative crew representing the NDP.

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Bean Team spreads word on pulse crops The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers is bringing nutritional information into the province’s schools

BY SHANNON VANRAES

“It’s fantastic. They are tired of me going blah, blah, blah, so it’s really helpful and really interesting for them.”

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t tastes just the same as any other crepe I’ve had,” said a slightly surprised Gage Anderson. “It tastes good.”

Anderson and two dozen other students at Winnipeg’s Elmwood High School made the crepes using chickpea flour last week, as part of a new outreach initiative launched by Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers.

In recognition of the International Year of Pulses and armed with facts, humour and sometimes a six-foot-tall kidney bean mascot, the Bean Team has been spreading knowledge and recipes at schools and community events since January.

“Usually with the younger kids we don’t cook, but we do bring out Kid Bean,” said Lindsey Andronak, who makes up one-half of the Bean Team and bravely dons the mascot costume when duty calls. “With the older kids we do cooking, recipes, home economics and nutrition classes and we do some science with them too.”

Students are given a look at the Canadian Food Guide and nutritional information before jumping into recipes like lentil-based spaghetti sauce, pinto bean brownies and black bean pizza.

“The end goal is them knowing what a pulse is and also how they can incorporate them into their diet,” said Brandon Clayton, who makes up the other half of the Bean Team.

“A lot of time we find that people know what beans are and eat them occasionally, but they don’t know how they can be mixed into other recipes or that they add protein without eating meat, sometimes they don’t connect the dots and we want kids to connect the dots.”

For Elmwood’s foods and nutrition teacher, Leslie Singer,

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Crepes are made with chickpea flour at Elmwood High School. Photos: Shannon VanRaes

Brandon Clayton (l) shows Tyffany Wentoniw, Abraham Lemus and Elvis Mingano how to make crepes using chickpea flour at Elmwood High School.

having some fresh faces in the classroom is a great way of keeping students engaged.

“It’s fantastic. They are tired of me going blah, blah, blah, so it’s really helpful and really interesting for them,” said Singer. “We try to introduce them to new things, like quinoa, lentils, and we do veggie burgers… we try to do things that are different for them, that they might not really get at home.”

But with an increasingly international student body, more students are familiar with pulse crops than one might expect. When asked about recipes using lentils, some Elmwood students suggest dhal, while hummus and falafel were put forward as suggested uses for chickpeas.

“It depends on the kid and on the family. We have kids from many different cultures, so some

Brandon Clayton writes a recipe for crepes at Elmwood High School.

of them are very familiar with pulses and cook with them every day, but for other students it’s quite new,” said Singer.

When the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses, a large part of the organization’s goal was increased consumption of pulses worldwide.

“So we talked about how we could promote pulses and

what we came up with was the idea of a team that could go to schools and talk to kids, and also to community events or groups,” said Francois Labelle, e x e c u t i v e d i re c t o r o f t h e Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. “The Bean Team can talk about the benefits of pulse crops and the combination of healthy food, and also that they are good for the environment and for the soil. It’s good for everyone and we wanted to get that story out there.”

While it’s still too early to know exactly how many pulses will be planted in the province this season, the executive director said preliminary indications point to increased acres over last year.

“Peas are being seeded now, some lentils will be seeded next, then after that the edible beans will be seeded behind that.

They’re usually not in until the 20th of May or later... but I’d say there will be between 200,000 and 250,000 acres,” he said. “It is going to be up this year. It will be up on peas and lentils and a little down, I would think, on the edible beans.”

The Bean Team will continue making presentations until July, but Labelle said that the Kid Bean mascot will live on for years.

“We just have to find volunteers to wear the costume,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Pulses plus conservation practices equal healthy soils Combining pulse crops and soil-friendly farming practices looks like a real winner STAFF

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ulse crops are playing an important role in building soil quality, especially when they’re combined with a host of soil-friendly farming techniques.

That’s the finding of a 12-year study by researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre, led by soil scientist Frank Larney.

In the study, published in Agronomy Journal, Larney and company wrote that the crops fix nitrogen through a symbiotic relationship with soil microbes — in this case bacteria — that live in their roots. The bacteria pull nitrogen from the atmosphere and then convert it to a plantavailable form that’s readily available during the growing season.

When the plants are harvested and the root system dies, the roots slowly decay, releasing the remaining nitrogen for the use of future crops. This sort of soil-building activity is very important, Larney said.

“Soil is a limited resource, and we need to be improving our soil quality, or at least maintaining it, in order to keep growing food,” said Larney.

Larney and his team went beyond this however, and examined a conservation package that included reduced tillage, narrow-row cultivation, cover crops, and manure compost to protect and bolster the soil. They avoided tillage as much as possible to avoid open soil.

“You don’t want to have a bare soil situation because you’re losing moisture, which is very valuable in a semiarid area for growing crops. And you’re also exposing that surface soil to wind and water erosion,” said Larney.

Soil scientist Frank Larney showcases his work at a field day, which is an open house for farmers and agriculture industry representatives to learn about the latest field research.

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Farmers can also plant dry beans in narrow rows to increase soil protection. Farmers usually plant beans in wide rows, and cultivate between the rows, which works up the soil and increases the risk of erosion. According to Larney, dry beans have now been bred to stand up taller, making them better suited for narrow rows.

Larney and his team also planted cover crops. Cover crops are useful for two reasons: They provide a protective cover over the soil through the winter months, and they use up any leftover nitrogen in the soil after harvest. If the soil was bare in winter, water and wind would steadily chip away at it, and might cause the nitrogen to move away.

“Another name for them is catch crops,” said Larney.

“They’re basically catching anything left over in the

Beans cluster in narrow rows, protecting the soil beneath from erosion. Dry beans add value to the soil by taking up the plant nutrient nitrogen from the atmosphere and depositing it into the soil for other plants to use.

soil in terms of nutrients, rather than leaving them in the root zone where they could potentially leach into groundwater.”

They also used manure compost to bolster the organic matter in the soil. Year after year of growing crops can put a strain on organic matter levels. To combat this problem, Larney and his team added manure compost to the fields to try to replace the lost organic matter. With the large cattle feedlot industry in the area, manure is readily and widely available.

“We produce a lot of manure and a lot of that is being turned into compost,” said Larney. “Many irrigation growers are quite keen on using compost on their land, and we found that we could improve soil quality over time if we applied the compost.”

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CP pulls more grain for less

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anadian Pacific Railway (CP) hauled more carloads of Canadian grain in its first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year — but for less revenue per car.

Calgar y-based CP on April 20 reported overall net income of $540 million on revenues of $1.591 billion for its quarter ending March 31, up from $320 million on $1.665 billion in the year-earlier period.

The company also posted a record-best operating ratio (OR) of 58.9 per cent, which it described as its lowest ever compared to adjusted ORs in previous quarters, and down from 63.2 per cent in the yearearlier period.

The OR, a ratio of operating expenses to net sales, is cited within business sectors as a measure of a specific company’s relative efficiency in that sector.

“Despite weakness in the economy and volume headwinds, we focused on what we can control — our costs and our commitment to providing reliable service — and delivered a record performance,” CP CEO Hunter Harrison said in a release.

CP in the first quarter of 2016 moved 66,000 carloads of Canadian grain, up from 61,000 in the year-earlier period. Canadian grain yielded $254 million in gross revenue, down from $256 million, and revenue per carload of $3,861, down from $4,214 in the year-earlier period.

By comparison, CP moved 34,000 carloads of U.S. grain in the same quarter, down from 40,000 in the year-earlier period, for revenue per carload of C$3,272, down from $3,408.

CP’s Q1 potash handle was 27,000 cars, down 13 per cent, for revenue per carload of $3,064, up one per cent. In its fertilizers and sulphur sector, CP moved 16,000 carloads, down six per cent, for revenue per carload of $4,993, up 17 per cent.

T h e c o m p a n y, Ha r r i s o n s a i d , re a m i n s “o p t i m i s t i c in our outlook given signs of stabilization within the Canadian economy and in key global markets.”

C P ’s Q 1 r e v e n u e s a l s o include a before-tax gain of $50 million on last month’s sale of CP’s Arbutus Corridor to the City of Vancouver.

CP said its $55-million deal with the city will allow the railway to “share in future p ro c e e d s o n t h e e ve n t u a l development and/or sale o f c e r t a i n p a rc e l s” o f t h e corridor.

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CROP REPORT

Seeding progress slows due to cold and dry conditions Manitoba Agriculture Crop Industry Branch crop report for May 15, 2016 Weekly Provincial Summary P r o v i n c i a l l y, s e e d i n g i n Ma n i t o b a i s e s t i m a t e d a t 61 per cent complete, with cooler temperatures and precipitation in the form of snow and rain slowing progress over the past week.

Precipitation ranged from t ra c e a m o u n t s t o 3 7 m m ; minimal accumulations were recorded in the Southwest and Central Regions. Areas within Manitoba would benefit from additional precipitation to assist in seeding progress, crop emergence and growth.

Temperatures below 0 C were recorded throughout the weekend. Frost injury symptoms are evident on emerged crops such as canola, soybeans and cor n. However, in some areas minimal crop injury is reported, largely in part due to very little crop emergence. Assessment of crop growth and plant stands will continue in the coming days.

Crops continue to emerge; h ow e v e r, s l ow e m e r g e n c e and growth was noted due to the cooler air and soil temperatures, as well as drier soil conditions in some areas. The forecasted warmer temperatures will be welcomed.

Southwest Region Rainfall amounts varied over the past week with reports of two to 15 mm. Some areas reported snow over the weekend. Cool temperatures slowed seeding progress but most producers were back in the field

by the weekend. Most areas in the region reported frost over the past week with minimum temperatures reaching -5 C. However, damage reported is minimal as many of the canola acres had not emerged yet because of dry conditions.

Overall, seeding is estimated at 65 to 70 per cent complete.

Corn planting began last week and will continue as soil temperatures warm. Planting progress of soybeans is at 15 per cent complete as producers were waiting for better planting conditions.

Winter crops continue to advance and most producers have completed in-crop weed control.

Forage and pasture land has greened up and several producers began moving cattle to pasture this past week.

Dugouts are about 80 per cent full.

Northwest Region Soil moisture is adequate in most parts, although there are low areas in some fields that have excessive moisture. Soil temperatures range between 5 to 10 C. There were snow flurries at the end of the week resulting in accumulated snow in the south-central part of the region and rainfall was reported throughout the region with amounts varying from 15 to over 37 mm depending on location. Frost occurred throughout the Northwest Region with temperatures varying between -2 to -7 C. T h e re w a s l i m i t e d f i e l d activity over the week, includ-

ing some harrowing, fertilizer applications, pre-seed herbicide applications, seeding of wheat, silage corn and some canola. Overall, seeding progress in the Northwest Region is estimated to be 40 per cent complete.

Many producers are delaying seeding soybeans and canola until after the middle of the month when soil moisture and temperature might be more suitable for uniform emergence of these crops.

Volunteer plants, including cereals and canola, are evident in many fields. Weed growth including stinkweed, d a n d e l i o n s , h e m p n e t t l e, thistle, quackgrass and wild oats is general throughout the area. Insect activity is quiet.

Forage growth slowed down last week with cooler conditions and light frost. Cattle m ov e d t o p a s t u re re q u i re additional supplementation.

Central Region The entire Central Region saw frost on the weekend.

Most areas reported minimum temperatures of -5 to -6 C, with temperatures dipping below zero before midnight.

Agronomists and producers will be evaluating injury to canola as temperatures warm and growing conditions improve.

Little to no rainfall this past week resulted in some producers delaying seeding of canola and soybeans into dry soil; cold soils and risk of frost were also factors in these decisions. Most producers will resume seeding this

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Areas within Manitoba would benefit from additional precipitation to assist in seeding progress, crop emergence and growth.

week as the midpoint of May is past. Precipitation would be welcome for all crops, including pasture and hay. Snow showers were seen on Friday and Saturday.

Se e d i n g p r o g re s s i n t h e Central Region ranges from 65 to 90 per cent complete; a number of producers has completed their seeding operations. In general, southern areas of the region are the most advanced; areas that received more rain in April lag behind.

Some producers continue to wait for rain before seeding; but most producers will seed this week. Many fields have dry soil conditions, so emergence hasn’t been complete; in these fields frost is less of a concern as the majority of the seed hasn’t germinated. There are reports of frost injury to emerged canola and evaluations continue. It is too early to determine what amount of reseeding will occur.

Corn planting progress ranges from 80 to 100 per cent complete, with some fields emerging. Frost injury is reported. Sunflower seeding progress ranges from 80 to 100 per cent complete.

Seeding of soybeans continues with progress ranging from 15 to 70 per cent complete, with the regional average around 35 to 40 per cent.

The majority of fields will be seeded by the end of the week or early into next week.

Pea acres are significantly higher than last year, almost all are seeded, and emergence continues.

Excellent winter sur vival is seen in winter wheat and fall rye. Fields are reported as being quite weed free, with few if any wild oats seen in the majority of fields.

Weed growth is more evident. Dandelions and winter annuals are blooming.

Volunteer canola in winter wheat fields is seeing heavy flea beetle pressure. Traps for Manitoba Agriculture’s insect monitoring program are being installed.

Growth in perennial forages, pastures and hayfields has slowed with cooler temperatures and frost. Pasture growth isn’t sufficient to suppor t cattle grazing at this point. Livestock water supply is adequate for most, although some dugouts are low.

Eastern Region Across the Eastern Region, five to 25 mm of precipitation fell in the last week. A mix of drizzle and intermittent showers starting Tuesday turning to snow flurries by Friday. Field work stopped as soil conditions became too wet. Some producers also stopped seeding soybeans due to cooler soil tem-

peratures. Frost was reported over the weekend, with minimum temperatures of -4 C reported. More frost-tolerant crops like winter and spring cereals and field peas that are emerged are not likely affected.

Very few soybean fields have emerged, making frost damage unlikely. Some emerged canola will be closely monitored over the next week as a result of the weekend frosts.

By the end of last week, seeding progress in the Eastern Region was at 60 per cent complete. Producers are expected to continue maki n g s e e d i n g p r o g re s s t h i s week as favourable weather is forecasted.

Earlier-seeded cereals have emerged but with the cooler temperatures last week, crop emergence and growth did slow. Emergence of canola, soybeans and corn is expected with the warmer weather forecasted.

Across the region, the majority of hayfields is in good condition, and pasture l a n d ra n g e s f ro m g o o d t o fair condition. Availability of livestock water is adequate.

Livestock producers are moving cows to pasture and supplemental feeding. Pasture growth continues.

Interlake Region Cold temperatures and wet conditions delayed crop development, seeding operations, and growth of forages last week in the Interlake Region.

Temperatures below 0 C were reported throughout the region last week. Snowfall did occur, amounts ranged from trace to 2.5 to five cm. Rainfall amounts also ranged from 10 to 25 mm.

Seeding progress slowed last week as rain and cool temperatures settled in the region. Estimated progress in South Interlake is 45 to 55 per cent complete and North Interlake 30 to 35 per cent complete. In areas of the South Interlake, spring cereals have just started to emerge, as well as some canola fields.

There are some reports of frost injury and producers are checking their canola fields.

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Frost injury is also noted on some forage seed and fora g e h a y s t a n d s, b u t m o s t acres should not be severely impacted.

Native and tame pastures are providing very litt l e f e e d f ro m n e w g row t h so far this growing season.

Forage stands continue to be fertilized and spraying is still occurring as temperatures warm. Rains and snow in some areas this past week have most hayfields and pastures at or near field capacity for soil moisture. Warm, clear we a t h e r a n d s o m e d r y i n g winds would be welcomed.

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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

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Corbett Family

John & Linda Berg

Minitonas Durban

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Sun., May 29th, 2016 @ 10:00 am

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Lundar

Langruth

Minnedosa

1

Neepawa

Gladstone

Carberry

Brandon

Boissevain

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Souris

Melita

Interlake

Erickson

Rapid City

Reston

Arborg

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Hamiota

Virden

Winnipeg, MB 101 Perimeter & JCT Inkster Over Pass, South 1/2 Mile on 101 Then Take West Service Rd 1/8 Mile # 63146 Contact: (204) 633-7851

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antique Equipment JULY 16, 17 2016, Moose Jaw, Sask: On the grounds of Sukanen Ship Museum www.sukanenshipmuseum Chapter 38, IHC Collectors will be hosting their annual show and 10th anniversary celebrations. Membership annual meeting and banquet, with special 10YR anniversary celebrations and auction on the early evening Friday, July 15. The show feature is any item unrestored and marketed by IH. For more information contact Marty Nervick (306)570-4710 or Iain Richardson (306)541-5800. www.ihc38.com

4th ANNUAL MANITOBA BEE PRODUCERS LIVE BEE AUCTION of BRANDON, MB. - WEDNESDAY MAY 25th 5:00 PM Since bees are being consigned from Apiarists all over Manitoba the sale will be conducted at the Fraser Auction Service Barn in Brandon, MB by video presentation. This sale is open to consignment of live bees. We are expecting +/-1500 colonies of bees for this sale. Numbers will be dependent on winter losses of the consignors.

THIS IS JUST A PARTIAL LISTING, for complete listing visit www.fraserauction.com

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

Brandon, MB I 204.727.2001 office@fraserauction.com

Zhoda, MB 2 Miles Southeast on Hwy 12 Then 1 1/2 Miles South on Rd 44E #16097 Contact: (204) 425-3125

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

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

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

UNRESERVED

AUCTION SALE

of BRANDON, MB. TUES MAY 24th 1:00 PM

For more information contact: Will Clark 204-724-2373 willmarthoney@gmail.com

Sat., May 21st, 2016 @ 10:00 am

Equipment: Miller 16' Offset Disc * NH 357 Mix Mill * NH 490 12' Haybine * HD 3 PH 6' Angle Blade * 3 PH 5' Cult * 3 PH Bale Forks * 3 PH 5th Wheel Hitch * MF 655 15' Swather * JD 16' Tandem Disc * Int 45 20' Vibra Cult * 3 PH Int 5B Plow * Graham 12’ Deep Tiller * Landroller 20' Wide * Hyd Stone Picker * Harrows * 14' Tote Tank * JD Pull Type 5' Rotary Mower * Trailer * Post Pounder * Dual 600 Tandem Manure Spreader * Int Side Del Rakes * Int 7' Trailer Sickle Mower * Hyd Tilt 10' Gravel Trailer * 91 Ford 2500 7.3 Dsl , 4x4 9' Deck & Hoist * 87 Int S1900 466 Auto w 17 Yrd Garbage Box w Hyd Packer * 73 Ford F 880 Bin Hauler * 75 Ford 350 w 10' B & H * 78 Ford 150 4 x 4 351 * 58 Ford F800 Big Job All Wheel Drive * 2) 14' Garbage Truck Bins * Cockshutt 1650 * 2 Stage Forklift Mast * Massey 44 Special * 3) FEL * 67 Ford Mustang 2 Dr 302 Restored * 70 Motobecane 50cc Moped * 04 Honda Scooter * Antiques Tractors & Equip: 40 JD AR Unstyled * 44 JD B Narrow FRT * JD A * MH 444 Dsl * JD 10' * 2) Saulky Plow * 2) Int Breaking Plows * Enclosed Sleigh * Steel Wheels * Steel Wheels * Pepsi Sign * Cream Separator * Along w Farm * Misc * Tools * More Equip * Implement Parts * Livestock Handling *

WINDOWS & DOORS HIVES: • 400 +\- single brood nest colo colonies Will be equalized and queen checked.

SUPERS: • 2100 - 9 frame fully drawn honey supers 60% of the frames have a plastic foundation newer frame, (painted top bar), no metal ears, no nail ears, 99% + wood frames EQUIPMENT: • 300 plastic queen excluders, 5 years old • 20’ rolling gravity accordion type conveyor, used as an extracting room box return • Single stack, threaded rod box elevator, with new motor and barrel switch • Wax elevator/conveyor - from press or spinner to drum height

AUCTION SALE

Saw Mill: Prince Albert Saw Mill PTO Drive Or Electric, All Steel Structure on Skids, Hyd Carriage, Feed & Set, 48" Simons Inserted Tooth Saw 3" w 24' Live Log Skidway Conveyor * Vehicle & Trailer: 95 GMC Suburban 6.5 L Dsl 307,000 Km * 82 Chev 2500 Crew Cab w Service Box * 03 Ford 450 Ambulance * 98 GM Blazer 4x4 * 01 Nissan Sentra * Semi 16' End Dump Garbage Trailer * Utility Trailers * Equip & Tools: Onan Dsl 6KW Generator * Miller 400 Amp Welder * Dsl 150 Compressor * Sandblaster * Dsl 60 Kw Generator * Ford Smith AG12 7000lb 2 Post Car Hoist * CP 1" Air Impact * 12" Jointer * Walk Behind Concrete Saw * Truck Accessories: Camroller Hoist * 4) Mack 60" Sleepers * Int 7.3 L Dsl Engine * 5th Wheel Hitch * Vortex V8 Engine w A/T * 350 Gas Engine & Trans * Detroit Dsl 6V 92 Engine * Truck Tool Boxes * Tires * 4) P255/50R 20 * Trailer Axles * Yard: JD 60" Frt Mt Mower * 6 Person Hot Tub * MTD Gas Rototiller Attach * 3PH 8' Cult * 3PH 2B Plow * Sod Master Top Dresser * Misc: 30-5L 32 12 Ply Rice Tires * Wisc 4 Cyl Engine w Clutch * Job Site Service * New Thermobile Bio Energy 2 Bio Dsl Furnance * Eyewash Station * 6) PPE Vests * Floater Suit & Jacket * Baseball Pitching Machine * Antiques: 1960? Int 190 450 Gas Tandem w 2 Winch Tow Boom * 1920 Diamond T 2 Ton w Box (Last Time Driven - 2 Years Ago ) * 2) 1947 Bosak Power Toboggans * 72 Alouette Snowmobile * Forge w Champion Blower * 7 Fire Hydrants * Some Household

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

UNRESERVED APIARIST DOWNSIZING SALE for RIVERCREST HONEY FARM (WILL & MARTHA CLARK)

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Swan River

Winnipegosis

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

Birch River

Roblin

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

14 Archibald St. Wpg. (South of Underpass)

Saturday May 28, 2016 at 11:00 am

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

LOPPEKY HAYING EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 28 10 AM FROM MORDEN MB, 2 EAST ON HWY 3 THEN 3 1/2 SOUTH ON 26W

ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

Having received instructions from the Lazer Grant Inc. licensed insolvency trustee, we will sell the following: 1- 8’x5’ bow window* 2-8’x6’ bow window* 1- 6’x5’ bay window* 1- 8’x5’ bay window* 1- 6’x6’ bay window* 1- 6’x5’ bay window* Approx. 30 picture and garage windows* 15-large picture windows*

DOORS

2- Tilt & Turn glass entrance doors* 1- 6’ Patio door* 1- 6’x8’ patio door* 8-Outdoor glass doors* 1-Fibreglass entrance front

door* 290-Fibreglass exterior doors 32”- 34” & 36” flush to 9 panels (Sold by the pallet)* 220-Steel exterior doors 30”, 32”, 34”, 36” flush to 9 panels (Sold by the pallet)*

MISCELLANEOUS 200-Side light panels 12” & 14”* 1-pallet of hinges* 18-rolls fibreglass screen mesh* PH tech P.V.C profiles* ***NOTE*** Metal frame lift pallets DO NOT go with items.

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

KAYE’S AUCTIONS

BUILDINGS 3 round balers, Hesston 9260 Sp Discbine, hwy Tractors and trailers, JD 4450, 4430/4020/3020, IHC 1066, Case 2090 Owner: 204-822-4962 Cell 325 3240 Dallas 204-325-3265

See our website: www.billklassen.com or check our spring 2016 auction catalog for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

204-668-0183 Wpg.

www.kayesauctions.com

BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Estate & Moving Sale

Wed., May 25th @ 4:00 pm

BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

(Viewing 9:00 am Same Day of Sale Only)

WINDOWS

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

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

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.

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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

ROLLWORKS

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Yard Items * Tools * Vehicles * Household *

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

Stuart McSherry

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

www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Decker Colony, Decker MB

FACTORY DIRECT METAL ROOFING SIDING CLADDING

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

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

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

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

Brandon, MB | 204.727.2001 office@fraserauction.com

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

LAFRENIERE EDGAR & GUY FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 21 10 AM FROM MANITOU 9 NORTH OR 1 SOUTH OF JCT 23 AND 244 , ROAD 25N NEAR ST LEON 1976 John Deere 8430 4 wheel drive, pto low hrs on 40 series sleeve and pistons Case 1370 tractor, 44 massey Harris seeding tillage grain bin, chevy 1 ton etc.

See our website: www.billklassen.com or check our spring 2016 auction catalog for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

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

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

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

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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

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

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

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

(204)857-8403.

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work

HAYING & HARVESTING

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.

HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment

2012 KOMATSU D65PX-17 CRAWLER tractor c/w a dozer w/tilt A/C cab canopy 1bb1 MS ripper rear view camera 4797-hrs top con G.P.S. plumed in all wiring & valve $150,000. 2006 Cat D6R LGP Ser. III crawler tractor c/w S dozer w/tilt A/C cab canopy diff steer 1bb1 MS ripper 2118-hrs $140,000. 2006 Cat D-6-R LGP Ser. III crawler tractor cargo winch 6-way dozer $110,000. 2004 Cat D-6-N LGP crawler tractor 6-way dozer A/C canopy diff steer cargo winch new u/c 10835-hrs $90,000. 1999 Cat D-6-R LGP crawler tractor 6541-hrs c/w dozer w/tilt A/C canopy new u/c $70,000. 2007 Komatsu PC200LC-8 hydraulic excavator c/w q/c cleanup bucket 9-ft. 6 stick aux hyd a/c 12582-hrs $55,000.

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

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

FARM MACHINERY

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.

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

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

www.fyfeparts.com

“For All Your Farm Parts”

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

Phone: (204)745-7445.

GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment

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.

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.

GAUGE WHEEL & GAUGE WHEEL KIT 3” & 4” OPTIONS

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

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

Call:(204)837-1553.

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.

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

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

FC30HD Unit plus accessories

Mastercard, Visa & Interac available Introductory Doorcrasher Special

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

Friesen Built Inc.

TracTors

www.ridgelandmanufacturing.ca

204-866-3558 ridgemetal@hotmail.com

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

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

TRACTORS John Deere 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

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.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am May 24th & 31st

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

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.

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT selection of PB Charolais bulls, both Red & white yearling & 2-yr olds.

Pictures & info on the net www.defoortstockfarm.com. Call Gord or Sue:(204)743-2109.

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers POLLED PEDIGREED SALERS BULLS on farm.

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn ATTENTION GRADUATES: SHORTHORN BREEDERS of Manitoba will be accepting applications for the John A. Nevin Cattle Growers Education Fund Award until June 1st, 2016. Contact: Susan Armbruster PO Box 597 Rossburn, MB R0J 1B0. Phone & Fax: (204)859-2088. Email:shorthornsue@gmail.com

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

SHORTHORN BULLS, COMING 2-YR old, 1 white, 1 red, low birth weights, quiet. For more info call (204)365-0066, Darcy Purdy, Shoal Lake.

MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

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

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

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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.

Battle Lake Farm has Black & Red yearling PB Registered Angus bulls for sale. Semen tested and EPD’s Available. Carberry. (204) 834-2202 HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red & Black Angus yearling bulls & 2-yr olds. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics, Free Delivery. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS has yearlings & 1, 3 yr old herdsire for sale. From Top AI Sires. All bulls tested, long, thick, deep, good disposition. Can deliver call Don (204)422-5216

TRACTORS Versatile

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

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

(204)746-2016, Morris, MB.

2-yr old and yearling Black Angus bulls (registered & non reg) Semen tested. Del avail. $2500 - $3500.

Ask for Jeff. (204)373-2370 anteichro@yahoo.ca

LOOKING FOR EQUIPMENT?

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

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

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

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Phone (204)770-0040.

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

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

Now available North American wide at prices never seen before

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

6 X 64” EXCAVATOR clean-up bucket $4,000-$5,000/each. 58” wrist clean-up bucket like new $8,500. 62” clean-up bucket $4,000. 48” frost ripper $2,500. New hydraulic thum & cylinder $4,000. (204) 871-0925 Macgregor, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums

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1-204-388-6150 • Toll Free 1-855-897-7278

320 KOMATSU LOADERS: LOADER fork to fit $2,800. Load pallet forks to fit $3,500. 104-in.

3 1/2-yd tooth bucket to fit $5,000. (204)871-0925 Macgregor, MB.

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

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

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CASE/IH FLEX PLATFORMS: MODELS 1020 25ft. & 30-ft. w/wo sir reel; 2020 30-ft. & 35-ft., 2020 30-ft. w/air reel; 2011 3020 35-ft. Can install new AWS air bar for additional $11,500. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com Steinbach, MB.

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

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

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

5W SIMMENTALS HAS FOR SALE: Reg Polled Yearling Simmental Bulls, Red & Blacks, Semen Tested, Will Deliver, Keep Until Needed. Purchase Sired Goldstandard, Mind Games, Skinner & Justice. Phone (204)868-5040 For More Info.

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

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

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 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

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.

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

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

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

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

Phone (807)475-8761.

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.

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

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

TRACTORS Various

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

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

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

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

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

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HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

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.

www.penta.ca

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

LIVESTOCK Horses – Draft

LIVESTOCK Horses For Sale 6YR OLD SORREL MARE. Approx 1500Lbs Halter broke. $1,500.(204)637-2393

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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

KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

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FOR SALE 26FT JD auto 100 field cultivator w/ harrels $1,200 OBO; 24ft IHC model 645 w/ harrels. $1,000 OBO; 30ft coil packers $1,400 OBO; 60ft Morris Pine harrels auto fold $1200 OBO; Easy on model 100 front end loader & fits onto a JD 40. $1600 OBO.(204)637-2393

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

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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 ManitoNOTREFood DAME USED OIL ba Agriculture, & Rural Development for possible transfer of the Crown land forage lease asso& FILTER DEPOT ciated with this ranch unit. This forage lease currently consists of the following: NE 19-31-21W; • Buy Used Oil • Buy Batteries NW 23-31-21W; NW 34-31-21W. If you wish to pur• Collect Used Filters • Collect Containers chase the private land contact the Oil Lessee Gary Filipchuk Southern at PO Box and 13, Garland, MBManitoba R0L 0W0. If you Western wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Tel: the 204-248-2110 Unit Transfer write 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.

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Women key to agriculture progress in developing nations Supporting women who farm in developing nations will help build productivity and resilience in those communities STAFF

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omen in developing countries play a critical role in agriculture but don’t have access to many of the resources that would let them reach their true productive potential.

That’s according to a recent repor t by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) titled Equal Harvests that documents some of the problems women experience on a daily basis, and suggests some possible solutions.

The challenges are real and substantial.

Women make up 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force, providing paid and unpaid agricultural labour. They also perform household duties and supplemental income-generating activities. This adds up to approximately 16 hours a day of “women’s work,” much more than men who contribute a smaller proportion of work to unpaid activities.

Women also face multiple barriers constraining their ability to thrive on the farm. They lack access to many resources including land, livestock, agricultural inputs, labour, finance, and energy for cooking and heating.

Women’s lack of time and education are further impediments

If women in developing nations can thrive as farmers, their families and communities will also thrive.

to agricultural productivity. They also often lack say over farming decisions and control over income.

The CFGB report also says gender-based violence threatens community food security by compromising women’s health, freedom of movement, productivity, and their capacity to make decisions. This makes the empowerment of rural women in developing countries “vital in its own right.”

If these women could thrive as farmers, their families and communities will also thrive, the report states. It also suggests that by giving them the same access to resources, women could increase yields on their farms by 20-30 per cent, raising agricultural productivity by 2.5 to four per cent in developing countries and reduce the number of foodinsecure people in the world

by 12-17 per cent. Empowering women would also contribute towards poverty reduction, economic growth, and climate change resilience.

The report calls for: • Improving women’s access to necessary resources including land, water, agricultural inputs, labour, financial services, knowledge, appropriate technology and markets; • Insuring women have the freedom to set their own goals, make their own decisions, and direct their own farming activities, while sensitizing men on women’s need for autonomy; and • Supporting collective action of women in developing countries, giving them a greater and more unified voice that will carry more authority.

The report goes on to make the case for “gender-sensitive” investment in agriculture, saying by investing in women greater progress will be made on food and nutrition security. The report also noted rural women make enormous contributions towards resource stewardship, local economic well-being and family and community care.

“These economic, environmental, and social contributions are stunted when women’s equality is overlooked,” the report concludes.

Nkasauka Nthala (r) and her neighbour Zione Mbewi in Malawi produce the food their families eat but have limited opportunity to control how their land is used.

Photo: Laura Rance

In first trial of its kind, charity to give poor Kenyans cash for 10 years There’s no evidence to suggest worse outcomes by loosening control of charitable giving

BY LIN TAYLOR LONDON/Thomson Reuters Foundation

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hat would happen if poor villages were given cash for the next decade, no strings attached?

That’s the question one U.S. charity wants to answer through a pilot program to provide poor Kenyans with a guaranteed basic income for 10 years.

In an ambitious social experiment, GiveDirectly plans to transfer cash to 6,000 Kenyans living in extreme poverty for a decade, making it the world’s first basic income trial of its kind, it said.

With UN agencies, governments and private sector companies due to discuss ways of delivering aid more efficiently at the World Humanitarian Summit this month, GiveDirectly co-founder Michael Faye said cash transfers had huge benefits.

“Cash transfers are one of the most effective methods of development intervention,” Faye told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “You don’t need to do anything to receive them. You simply get it and can spend it on whatever you like.”

Cash transfers account for only about six per cent of humanitarian aid, yet stud-

ies show school attendance and access to health care significantly improve when people receive cash. Recipients also tend to save or invest the money, which promotes income generation instead of reliance on food aid.

“Whether it’s trying to assist them out of poverty, or in times of crisis and disaster, we need more tools on the table and cash transfers can be particularly effective at enabling flexibility and choice,” said Sarah Bailey, a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) think-tank.

GiveDirectly has yet to choose the recipients and the exact location for the trial, which is due to start at the end of the year and estimated to cost $30 million to run — with much of the funding coming from private investors and public donations.

Though details are still being finalized, each person will receive about $0.70 to $1.10 per day through mobile money transfer services such as M-Pesa. The target recipients live on about $0.65 a day, Faye said.

Giving choice GiveDirectly has provided short-term cash transfers in Kenya and Uganda since 2011, and will soon operate in Rwanda.

For its pilot program, the charity will randomly select villages in Kenya and give residents a basic income for at least a decade. Faye said an extra 10,000 people will receive some form of cash transfer as well.

The program will run as a randomized controlled trial, meaning one povertystricken region will receive the money, while another region, the control group, will not. The charity will use a number of factors, such as the type of house someone lives in, to select the recipients.

“People who live in thatched roofs, mud houses, tend to be a bit poorer,” Faye said.

Cash transfers have become more mainstream in development and humanitarian aid over the years.

The World Food program recently provided digital cash cards to displaced families across Iraq, giving them the choice to redeem money or food aid.

In Kenya’s drought-stricken northeastern region, the government routinely transfers cash to the most vulnerable residents every two months.

But ODI’s Bailey said some charities and donors remain reluctant to use cash transfers because it “takes a tiny bit of power away from the giver.”

“It gives the choice to the person who receives the money and that’s not comfortable for charities,” she said. “Some charities have obviously embraced this... but it’s still a smaller proportion compared to other ways of helping.”

Yet there is little evidence to suggest that giving poor people cash would lead to negative outcomes, Bailey said.

A 2014 World Bank report, which analyzed 30 global studies, showed that poor people who received cash transfers did not squander the money on alcohol, cigarettes, drugs and other “temptation” goods.

This rings true for Faye and the people his organization has helped over the past few years.

“Nobody wants the outcome of a cash transfer program to be increased alcoholism or violence or anything of the sort,” Faye said, “But I don’t think we have much to worry about as the evidence makes clear that this is just not the case.”

A team of economists and researchers will assess the impact of the program over the coming years.

“At its core, it puts trust in the poor — and the poor have a pretty good track record to have earned this trust,” Faye said.

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Manitoba potato growers brace for wireworm issue

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DuPont raises full-year outlook, Q1 results beat forecast

The loss of Lindane then Thimet has resulted in growing and booming wireworm populations across Canada

REUTERS / DuPont’s first-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates and the chemicals and seed producer raised its fullyear guidance as it sees lower currency impact than expected.

The company said April 25 its global cost savings and restructuring plan is on track and that it still expects savings of US$730 million this year.

“Solid execution, local price and product mix gains, and higher corn area led to a strong start to the year for our ag business,” CEO Ed Breen said.

The company now expects operating earnings of $3.05-$3.20 per share, up from $2.95$3.10 per share it estimated earlier, as well as a reduction in the negative currency effect on shares.

Net income attributable to the company rose nearly 19 per cent to $1.23 billion, or $1.39 per share, in the first quarter.

On an operating basis, the company earned $1.26 per share.

Net sales fell 5.5 per cent to $7.41 billion, but was above average analysts’ estimate of $7.19 billion.

BY JULIENNE ISAAC Co-operator contributor

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budding wireworm problem for Prairie potato growers is the result of losing two key chemical control products.

According to Bob Vernon, a re s e a rc h s c i e n t i s t w i t h Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Agassiz, B.C., that lack of control options makes it a question of when, not if, the problem shows up.

First the organophochlorine pesticide Lindane was banned in Canada in 2004, followed by the organophosphate insecticide Thimet last year. Now populations of wireworm have been slowing increasing in some areas — and “booming” in others.

Vernon made his remarks at Manitoba Potato Production Days this past Januar y in Brandon, during an address that looked at wireworm control and using strategic rotational crops to contibute to that effort.

Vernon is head of a 15-year national wireworm study, one part of a Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) project that aims to survey major potato pest species occurring in different agricultural regions across Canada.

Wireworms, the offspring of click beetles, can cause severe damage to potatoes by putting holes in tubers that render them unmarketable.

Along with AAFC technician Wim Van Herk, Vernon is building a wireworm map of

Wireworm are set to take a bite out of potato fields and can be tough to control. PHOTO: JOHN GAVLOSKI, MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

“In Manitoba, we found three or four different species, but one species, Hypnoidus bicolor, a very small wireworm, is by far the most predominant.”

BOB VERNON AAFC

Canada, based on wireworm and click beetle samples sent to their lab annually from growers and entomologists across the country. Vernon’s team has identified roughly 20 species that are economically important for potato.

“In Manitoba, we found three or four different species, but one species, Hypnoidus bicolor, a very small wireworm, is by

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far the most predominant,” he said. “It’s found in probably 75 per cent of the samples we received from Manitoba.”

The second most numerous species of wireworm in the Prairie provinces is Selatosomus destructor. Both species prefer non-irrigated fields.

Even though populations are growing, Manitoba doesn’t have the worst of it — yet.

“In some areas of Canada, wirewor m populations are going absolutely through the roof... certain areas of B.C., Alberta and P.E.I.,” said Vernon.

His team aims to find replacements for Thimet.

“We’ve been left with the new arsenal of insecticides, such as the neonicotinoids and diamides,” he said. “But what we’re finding is that many of these new insecticides don’t kill. For example, the neonics will intoxicate the wirewor ms for a long period, so you end up with a good crop, but you don’t kill any wireworms, and they can increase year by year.”

Control Another aspect of Vernon’s project is management. There are many species of wireworm in Canada, and each species responds differently to the various pesticides registered for their control, so management strategies necessarily vary by region.

“That’s the reason why we’re doing these surveys — to find out which species we have, and try and figure out how we can deal with these different species,” said Vernon. “We’ll deal with them differently in B.C. than in Atlantic Canada.”

There are some chemical controls available for wireworm control, including Thimet 20G, but it can only be applied using specific application machinery called a SmartBox, which is still under development.

Bifenthrin — labelled as Capture — is also registered in Canada as of 2014, and can be sprayed into the furrow at planting.

Vernon and colleague Todd Kabaluk are working on developing biological controls using fungi to control wireworms and click beetles. Last year, they developed a new pheromone trap for monitoring the European species of wireworm causing huge problems in P.E.I. “These work extremely well.

We tested them out last year and caught, in three fields, just under a million click beetles, which is a huge number,” he said.

The pheromone trap is primarily for monitoring, but can also be used as a mass trapping tool. In 2016, the team plans to conduct formal studies on their use as a control measure.

In addition Vernon is studying both chemical and biological methods of killing adults before they lay their eggs.

While Vernon was hesitant to recommend rotational strategies to growers, he did confirm that cereals and grasses are the No. 1 preferred host for click beetles laying eggs.

“So if you rotate potatoes with cereals or grasses, you’ll get egg laying in those fields, and because nothing registered on those crops will kill them, you’ll have a population there the next year,” he said. “In the case of the small species in Manitoba, it takes them two to three years to go from egg back to adult, so you have a problem for the next two to three years.

Growers can do with that information what they will.”

If growers choose to plant brassica crops such as canola, they’ll see fewer eggs in potatoes the following year, said Vernon.

The survey will offer muchneeded information to growers across the country when it concludes next year, but Vernon says there’s much work still to be done — and not many researchers working on wireworm.

He recommends growers contact their provincial entomologist if they encounter problems with wireworm, and send samples to his lab so the team can refine results by province.

“Knowledge is power. The more you know about wireworms the better you can control them,” he said.

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Canadian potato growers may lose Ridomil for pink rot Phosphites offer growers a strong alternative control option for pink rot

BY JULIENNE ISAACS

“Resistance is skewed to Eastern Canada, and it’s just showing up in Western Canada now.”

Co-operator contributor

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Rick Peters AAFC

Pink rot can mean significant storage losses, and a key control product is under threat from resistance. PHOTO: UNECE

Phosphites The pathogen in question is soil- and seed-borne, not airborne. According to Peters, the fungus develops resistance via overuse of Ridomil’s single-site mode of action — a scenario potato growers are all too familiar with, based on the loss of metaxyl to control much of the late blight infesting fields.

“Ridomil was the go-to product for many years, so like in late blight, once resistance started to appear, resistance began to dominate,” he said.

But an alternative mode of action for pink rot is already on the horizon. Peters’ team is studying the efficacy of three foliar or post-harvest phosphite products, registered in Canada under trade names Confine Extra, Phostrol and Ramparts.

In trials at Harrington, both products were highly effective at managing strains of the pink rot pathogen, said Peters, especially when used as a foliar treatment.

He recommends at least three applications through the season, of around two to 2-1/2 litres per acre, or seven to 10 litres per acre total, to achieve good disease control.

Phosphites offer good control because they are highly systemic and translocate down to the tubers, he said. An added

bonus is the strong environmental profile of phosphites, relative to other chemistries.

But growers should avoid applying phosphites as an infurrow seed treatment, said Peters.

“We like the foliar approach because it’s protecting right in the field and carries over to harvest,” he said. “And there are situations when post-har-

vest treatment can be helpful, such as when there’s a lot of risk at harvest, like bruising or wetness.”

Under wet conditions, pink rot produces a swimming spore that can move to the roots and tubers, and this active ingredient is effective at protecting those areas, Peters said.

“This is the only systemic product like this,” he said.

Applied post-harvest, phosphites also offer protection against silver scurf.

But Peters maintains that growers should be as proactive — and creative — as possible T:6”

when it comes to managing or forestalling metalaxyl resistance.

“It’s a good idea to follow resistance management strategies — mixing or alternating products, using a broad-spectrum approach or non-chemical methods,” he said.

Growers should manage irrigation water and take care to avoid bruising and wounding tubers at harvest.

Samples of infected tubers should be sent to the provincial survey co-ordinator for forwarding to Peters’ lab. In Manitoba, provincial plant pathologist Vikram Bisht is the local contact.

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anadian potato growers may be destined to lose the use of Ridomil to control pink rot.

The issue is most serious in Prince Edward Island, where observers say the active ingredient metalaxyl is on the verge of being rendered ineffective.

To some degree it is a looming problem across the countr y, according to a recent national survey. The AAFC-led initiative found 50 per cent of isolates in Ontario and points east showed resistance to the product, which also controls late blight and pythium leak in potatoes.

Rick Peters, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based in Charlottetown, P.E.I., told growers at Manitoba Potato Production Days in January the problem wasn’t as pressing for growers here — but that ignoring it would be an error.

“Resistance is skewed to Eastern Canada, and it’s just showing up in Western Canada now,” said Peters.

He said researchers first noticed resistance popping up in 2004 in New Brunswick.

When pink rot hit P.E.I. growers hard in 2012, a national survey was initiated for 201314, which revealed both the eastern bias of the issue, and the fact there was a national resistance level of 39 per cent.

The sur vey, a collaborative effor t between AAFC, Syngenta, Keystone Potato Producers Association, Potato Growers of Alberta and the PEI Potato Board, has just been renewed for a two-year term.

It also involves a project examining alternative management options for pink rot, based at AAFC’s Harrington Research Station near Charlottetown. Results will be published in 2017.

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

Not-so-little library on the prairie Gaynor Family Regional Library, serving Selkirk and residents of surrounding RMs was built to set an example of green construction on budget

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff/Selkirk

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hree high school students sit chatting over laptops and lattes near the fireplace, while a group of women spins and knits together nearby.

Parents stream through the doors with kids in tow. Dishes rattle in the onsite coffee shop and bakery.

Selkirk’s 18,000-sq.-ft. Gaynor Family Regional Library doesn’t sound like an ordinary library and that’s because it’s anything but.

For starters, it’s mostly talk friendly — unless you’re in a designated quiet zone.

“We’re not a ‘shushing’ library,” says Ken Kurilyw, director of library services here. “We’re not the traditional library where it’s quiet. We want it to be a welcoming community space.”

Gaynor Family Regional Library’s doors opened in 2014, making it one of the newest public libraries in Manitoba, a $5.6-million facility that now redefines what a public library can be.

“We” includes its own visionary board, local businesses, and community supporters who agreed Selkirk not only had physically outgrown its previous location, but also saw past the concept libraries are places you merely walk in, keep quiet, choose a book and check it out.

“It was just a warehouse for books,” explains Kurilyw.

New vision The library they built to replace it ultimately became a multi-purpose hub for the entire community, housing not just a

library, but the Red River Planning District offices, meeting space for community groups, and a local independent café. It’s a lender of 15,000 e-books as well as traditional books and it has specialized programs for technological literacy.

Designed for community networking and jump-starting entrepreneurship, it’s also a building built to the highest environmental standards and done to show green building can be budget friendly, says Kurilyw.

“We wanted to build an environmentally responsible building that would be an example of doing so and staying within a budget.”

The end result is a library with rows of bookshelves lit by natural light streaming through expanses of south-facing windows, plus more windows on the ceiling, in a building that ultimately met all requirements of Manitoba’s Green Building Policy. The library is also verified and recognized as Power Smart and designated with a three “Green Globe” rating for its numerous green technologies, including a complete geothermal heating and cooling system, locally sourced materials, ceilings made from reclaimed ash, carpeting from recycled materials, reused shelving from a closed bookstore, and reclaimed glass for the quartz-composite counters.

Living demonstration The outdoors are also a key part of its design, thanks to a partnership with Eastern Interlake Conservation District whose involvement ultimately led to five acres of newly naturalized tall grass prairie adjacent to the new library.

“We wanted to build an enviromentally responsible building that would be an example of doing so and staying within a budget.”

Ken Kurilyw

An interpretive trail winds through the site where more than 50 different local and natural grasses and flowers are established, showcasing a rare piece of native prairie ecosystem. Landscaping with what’s called a sedge meadow bioswale, or a gently sloped shallow drainage course, collects run-off from the surrounding area, parking lot, and building’s roof and is also a teaching tool about water conservation.

The drainage course holds run-off in it for as long as possible to remove silt and pollution from surface run-off water.

“This was a perfect space to do this,” says Armand Belanger, Eastern Interlake Conservation District manager, noting the outdoor reading space and an interpretive trail adds a unique outdoor learning space to the library.

“The work the conservation district usually does is often in the back 40, working with farmers or other big landowners.

Stuff that happens in the back 40 is really important to our watershed, but it’s nice to be bringing this right before the eyes of the public so everyone can see what’s happening.”

“We wanted to show developers that you can have water on your property

Their new library sets a new standard for public libraries, says Ken Kurilyw, director of library services (l) at Gaynor Family Regional Library, alongside Eastern Interlake Conservation District manager Armand Belanger and library board chair Christie Magnusson. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

without overwhelming city sewers and you can do it at a reasonable cost,” adds Kurilyw.

Widely supported How the library was named “is another really great story,” says Kurilyw. Local philanthropists Jim and Betty Anne Gaynor, former owners of Gaynor’s Foods in Selkirk, donated $1.5 million toward its construction.

“They wanted to give back to their community and they were a big part of making this happen,” he said.

A vision for a non-traditional library was widely shared, Kurilyw said, noting it was funded largely by donations and community partnerships as well as support from the province and the City of Selkirk and the RMs of St. Andrews and St. Clements.

It continues to attract widespread interest as other communities look to upgrade or rebuild their public libraries, he said.

But smaller urbans needn’t balk at Selkirk’s status as a city and assume you need to be a big place to think big.

“We’ve definitely set a new standard for libraries in Manitoba,” he said.

“It’s definitely doable in smaller centres.

Selkirk is both rural and urban, a third of the users in our library are rural residents, from RM of St. Andrews and St. Clements, and it can certainly be done in rural areas.

We did this on a small budget. The priority for us was local fundraising to make this building happen.”

The Gaynor Family Regional Library was given special recognition in 2015 by the Manitoba Conservation District Association lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Gate to Plate Opportunities for Manitoba entrepreneurs with snacking trends

By Roberta Irvine Manitoba Food Development Centre

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ew Nutrition Business reports that in North America 56 per cent of consumers are snacking three or more times each day, in particular young adults (age 18-30). No matter the age group, consumers today want healthy snacks.

This is where Manitoba agriculture and the agri-food industry have an opportunity to create value-added healthy snacks.

Growers and producers need assurance that there are opportunities at retail before they create value-added food products.

Some of the exciting food trends that offer immense opportunities to Manitoba agriculture and the agri-food industry are: pulse snacks, dairy plus grains, cheese snacks and premium meat snacks.

This is the International Year of the Pulse, and snacks with peas, beans, chickpeas and lentils are popping up everywhere.

Pulses provide healthy snack options because they are high in fibre and protein and low in sodium. Three Farmers in Saskatchewan has developed a line of chickpea snacks, including maple, lime and chocolate-covered snacks.

These delicious snacks are available at speciality retailers across Western Canada.

Many consumers are familiar with the Beanitos brand of chips made from white, pinto and black beans. These snacks are available across North America in mainstream grocery stores. The company tag line is “Every Beanitos snack is a lean bean protein machine.” Beanitos was launched in 2010 and now the product is available in 30,000 stores.

Another hit in the snack food arena is yogurt. Food in Canada reported the yogurt industry in Canada achieved retail sales of $1.7 billion in 2015. A really innovative trend is the combination of grains and dairy which is happening with large multinationals and small startup entrepreneurs.

In particular, oats, barley, quinoa and buckwheat are being added to yogurt. There is also the option to add toasted hemp seeds to create a crunchy yogurt which is a nice change from the overly sweet granola topping that is commonly available.

In North America General Mills has launched whole grain oats, flax and pumpkin seed Greek Yogurt. ChaatCo offers tamarind date and cucumber dill as savoury yogurt snacks with lentil puff toppers.

Blue Hill Yogurt adds vegetable purée using parsnips, beets, carrots, tomatoes, sweet potato and butternut squash. Blue Hill Farm started in the 1860s in New York State and supplies many of the ingredients for the Blue Hill Restaurant in New York City.

Parmesan Popcorn Snack Mix 1/2 c. grated Canadian Parmesan cheese 1 tsp. chili powder 1/2 tsp. paprika 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1/4 c. popcorn kernels 2 tbsp. butter, melted 1 c. raisins

photo: Thinkstock

Blue Hill Yogurt supports farms that raise dairy cows and sources vegetables from local farmers. This successful model could be adopted by farmers in Manitoba, especially as we have Canadian Prairie Garden Purée in our backyard.

The health benefits of dairy and grain snacks are high protein, source of vitamin D and calcium and a slower and sustained release of energy from the grains, which is important for diabetics.

The Dairy Nutrition website says, “The bad press surrounding saturated fat has often harmed the reputation of milk products. However, recent scientific evidence indicates saturated fat found in milk products may not be detrimental to health.

Furthermore, there is increasing evidence to suggest that milk product consumption may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.”

Check it out at: www.dairynutrition.ca/ nutrients-in-milk-products/fat/dietarysources-of-saturated-fat-may-influencecardiovascular-disease-risk" \t "_self".

The dairy snacking trend isn’t just yogurt; there are also opportunities for cheese snacks. Companies such as Sargento offer dual chamber snack packs with cheese on one side and nuts and dried fruit on

1/2 c. dried apples or pears, chopped 1/4 c. unsalted sunflower seeds, roasted 1/4 c. chopped almonds or peanuts

In a small bowl, combine cheese, chili powder and parika. In a large, heavy pot with a lid, combine oil and popcorn kernels. Cook, covered, over medium heat for about 5 min., shaking pot constantly, until popcorn is popped. Remove from heat and carefully remove lid (watching for

the other side. A Manitoba version could include local cheddar with toasted buckwheat and dried sour cherries.

A c o m m o n t h e m e w i t h t h e c u r re n t snacking trend is high-quality protein. The surge in the meat snack category is a perfect fit for consumers looking for healthy snacks. Instead of thick pepperoni sticks, the new era of jerky from companies like Krave offers chili lime and black cherry barbecue flavours. Krave went from zero sales to $60 million within a four-year period; its business model was to start in small speciality shops and expand to Whole Foods before it went the traditional route of selling jerky in gas stations. Krave can be found in Manitoba at Co-op gas stations.

There are many successful Manitoba growers, producers and food manufacturers who are capable of building successful brands in the snacking category. We have all the Manitoba-grown ingredients needed to give established companies a run for their money and I am looking forward to seeing Manitoba-made snacks taking over shelf space at a grocery near you.

Roberta Irvine is a business development officer with the Manitoba Food Development Centre.

late-popping kernels). Drizzle melted butter over hot popcorn, stirring to coat as evenly as possible. Sprinkle in cheese mixture; add raisins, dried apples, sunflower seeds and almonds and toss well with a spatula to evenly combine.

Extra snack mix can be stored in a jar at room temperature for up to 2 days.

Recipe courtesy of Dairy Farmers of Canada www. dairygoodness.ca.

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Experience spring with a ‘Five Senses Walk’ What better way to enjoy nature in spring than using all your senses on a walk in the country

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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pring is a good time to take a walk in the count r y a n d u s e a l l yo u r senses to experience nature in full. If you have children, or grandchildren or if you just enjoy a stroll yourself, try a “Five Senses Walk.”

• S i g h t — i s p e r h a p s t h e sense used most often to experience spring. Before the leaves are out and the new grass up, some parts of nature show up more easily before new foliage blocks one’s view. On a recent walk I saw numerous birds — crows, meadowlarks, robins, flickers, geese and kestrels, to name just a few. I also saw deer tracks visible in muddy places and fresh deer turds nearby. Not far off a large patch of brown and white hair in one spot indicated that a deer might have died there, although there were no bones evident. Depending on where you walk, this could be a good time to discover old antlers before the grass covers them. If your walk takes you through bushes and trees, watch for some of last year’s bird’s nests. Or if you walk on grassy hills, you might locate some of our earliest flower, the prairie crocus (anemone pat-

Rub your finger over a soft pussy willow. PHOTOS: DONNA GAMACHE

ens). Even dandelions are a welcome sight at this time of year. Watch for insects, too. In mid-April, honeybees may already be busy, and by May other insects will be abundant. This includes wood ticks, so pull your socks up over your pant legs, to deter them.

• S ound — is also important, for sometimes we can hear things long before we see them. On my walk, the trickling sound of water told me that a small c r e e k w a s n e a r by. T h e m e a d ow l a r k’s “ Te e - t i e toe-tiddleum” alerted me to its presence, as did the overhead moaning call of a flock of tundra swans, and the honk of several geese.

The croaking of early frogs

Listen for birds — you may hear them before you can see them.

in a pond was most welcome, as was the drumming of a ruffed grouse. I didn't see either of these, b u t t h e s o u n d s w e re a delight. One surprising sound, since it was midafternoon, was the hooting of two great horned owls in a treed area. I followed the hoots and as I got closer, I caught a brief sight of one as it flew off.

• Smell — is another sense to use on a walk. We all know the expression, “Spring is in the air,” and often it is the smell of spring — of water and new grass and leaves — that really brings to us the knowledge that winter is past. If you have children with you on your walk, ask them to stop and

actually sniff the air. If your walk is near a pond or creek the smell of water will be very noticeable. The smell of trees, especially black poplars and spruce, is also stronger in spring. If the trees are leafing, pick a couple of leaves and crush them in your hand. The odour of new poplar leaves is always a spring sign for me.

• To u c h — i s t h e f o u r t h sense to experience on your walk. Depending on where you are, rub your fingers over the soft “fur” of a pussy willow or a catkin, or the rough bark of an oak tree. Touch last year’s Canada thistle blossoms; they’re not so prickly now.

If you find crocuses, feel

their feathery-soft stems.

Watch for feathers lying on the ground, easier to find b e f o re n e w g ra s s h i d e s them. If you locate an old nest at a low level, take time to feel the soft lining inside it.

• Taste — is the last sense and may be harder to exper ience in nature at this time of year since no berries are ready yet. To solve that problem, bring along a snack with you. Everyone, especially the younger members of your group, will appreciate the taste of a few cookies after an invigorating walk on a spring day.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

The many kinds of annual salvia

Still popular as there are few other annuals that outperform these easy-care plants

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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alvias have been a mainstay of the bedding plant industry for decades and we still see red salvia used for mass plantings and edging in many public and private gardens. Why would a plant family have such longevity and still be a popular choice?

Few other annual flowers outperform salvias in terms of continuity of bloom, versatility, hardiness, variety of size and bloom colour, and ease of care. Salvias are almost foolproof to grow because they are drought tolerant, sturdy enough to withstand rain and wind, don’t attract insect pests, and many (although not all) are frost tolerant.

The name salvia means different things to different people because there are so many varieties of annual salvia, and there are some that do not resemble their cousins at all. Annual salvia can be divided into four groups, and each group has its pros and cons.

Salvia splendens When you hear the word salvia, this is probably the plant that first comes to mind — the scarlet sage (salvias and sages belong to the same plant genus) plants that have been so popular as bedding plants. With brilliant-red flowers held above dark-green foliage, and all the plants being very uniform, it is ideal for carpet bedding and mass planting.

Recent hybridization has produced varieties with ivory, grape, salmon, lavender, burgundy and pink flowers, as well as varieties, such as “Lighthouse,” that are much taller than “St. John’s Fire,” which used to be the standard. Very floriferous and retaining its bloom right until the end of the growing season, the one drawback of Salvia splendens is that it is not at all frost tolerant and even resents being planted outdoors in the spring before temperatures have warmed up.

Salvia farinacea These plants are not as stiff and formal looking as S. splendens; rather they have smaller leaves and thinner stems and their blooms are smaller and the spikes more slender. Usually coming in blues and purples, S. farinacea are often used for mass plantings or for edging large beds, but they are also great plants to incorporate right into mixed borders where they separate blocks of colour.

They are best planted in groups to create large clumps of colour. This type of salvia is very frost tolerant and will survive light spring and fall frosts. The most popular variety is “Victoria.”

They are frost tolerant, self-seed prolifically, and flower all summer. Bloom colour can be red or white.

Salvia coccinea

Salvia horminum

These are the blousy, informal salvias that are usually grown from seed — or allowed to self-seed right in the garden.

They are larger, more open plants than S. splendens, and their flower spikes are not as solidly packed with florets. The most common variety is “Lady in Red.”

This is similar to S. coccinea in that it is usually grown from seed; it does selfseed so that once you plant it you always have it. It is a loose, blousy plant, and its bloom is quite distinct as it is comprised of colourful bracts. “Pink Sundae” is one of the most popular varieties, although

Salvia splendens PHOTOS: ALBERT PARSONS

Salvia farinacea

there are lavender and white varieties as well. They are cold tolerant and fast growing.

Included in this very large plant family are many new cultivars — often designed specifically for containers, such as the magnificent “Black and Blue” — as well as several well-known perennial salvias. There is sure to be a salvia that will fit into your planting plans!

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Reena answers more questions Plus, an idea and a tip from readers

READER’S PHOTOS

reena nerbas Household Solutions

Hello Reena, We bought a newer house and found that upon washing the kitchen floor the linoleum has a yellow stain/tinge to it around the sink area mainly. The colour is supposed to be white (with small blue designs in midsquare). I tried a couple of basic cleaners (Vim type) but have not had success in brightening the colour. Is there something I can use to help this issue? — Thank you, Janette Dear Janette, It sounds as though the previous owner kept a mat at the sink area. The sulphur used in manufacturing the mat has left you with a yellow stain which is often permanent. With so many vinyl and linoleum products on the market, what works on one does not necessarily work on another. If your floor were over 50 years old it would most likely be linoleum. Since your home is newer, the floor is probably vinyl. Many people have found pouring three per cent hydrogen peroxide onto the floor every day for three days is helpful. Other people have great success by combining one-quarter cup OxiClean with one gallon hot water and pouring the solution onto the area. Another solution is bleach but most experience that this application removes the floor’s finish and shine. Lastly, mineral spirits is another treatment that people have told me worked for them. It is a shame that so

Reena has a recipe for homemade eyeglass cleaner.

many floors have a tendency to yellow and discolour most often from a rubber-backed rug or some other weight being left on one specific area.

Dear Reena, I enjoy making my own cleaners. Do you have a home remedy for an eyeglass cleaner?

— Richard Dear Richard, Here is a wonderful eyeglass cleaner recommended to me by an optician: Fill a spray bottle three-quarters full with rubbing alcohol and one-quarter with water. Add a few drops of dish soap. Shake to mix. Spray lenses and gently wipe with a soft cloth (not paper towels, toilet paper or tissues as these will scratch your lenses).

Reader’s idea Re: How to keep the fizz in pop cans

Photo: Thinkstock

Hi Reena, First off, love your ideas. You have so many good solutions!

My thoughts today are on the topic of fizzed-out pop. Please take a moment to realize pop or soda is the No. 1 cause of obesity and one main cause of Type 2 diabetes. I always encourage family and friends to take time to research or as we now know it, ‘to Google’... the health effects pop has on our body. Hope you are not insulted about my fuzz over fizz!! — Best regards, Randy

Reader’s tip · I use a rubber glove to clean pet fur off of furniture. Wiping my gloved hand along the furniture makes the fur collect into a ball. Then I gather the fur and compost it. — Submitted by: Vivian I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a professional presenter for your upcoming event?

Check out my website reena.ca.

Spring is in the air! PHOTOS: CINDY MURRAY

This Old Elevator

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n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba.

Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.”

The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of.

MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community.

Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable).

There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community’s collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba.

Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/elevators. You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.

A transfer elevator in the RM of Springfield was constructed in 1912 for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its 108 concrete silos could store up to one million bushels of grain arriving from across the prairies. Over a period of 12 hours on 18 October 1913, the annex sank into the ground until it listed at an angle of 30 degrees. A new foundation to bedrock was constructed under it, and the annex was re-straightened. The elevator was purchased in 1970 by Parrish & Heimbecker. PHOTO: NATHAN KRAMER (NOVEMBER 2015)

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June 15 - 17, 2016 Evraz Place

Farm Progress Forum

Regina, SK, Canada

Presented by

The Farm Progress Forum brings show attendees together to hear from Canada’s leading presenters in agriculture, business and safety. Entry to the Farm Progress Forum is included with your admission pass.

Join us each day in the Canada Centre Building - Hall 12.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15

11 a.m. - Peter Gredig

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

2:15 p.m. - DREW LERNER

Tech Visionary and Partner, AgNition Inc. Where is your technology taking your farm?

Senior Agricultural Meteorologist 2016 Summer prairies weather: how much moisture and where?

Get ahead of Mother Nature. Learn what weather trends to expect over the growing season and into harvest, including the potential for La Nina.

1:15 p.m. - Curtis Weber Peter Gredig

President, High Voltage Consulting Triumph over tragedy a personal journey

Curtis Weber

THURSDAY, JUNE 16

11 a.m. - Colleen Dyck

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

2:15 p.m. - MANJIT MINHAS

Entrepreneur, Farmer, Athlete Turning nutrition to performance

Beer Baroness and Dragon Brewing business

At age 19, with $10,000 and a dream, Manjit co-founded and grew her brewery into the 10th largest in the world. Learn the principles that led her rapid success and how you can apply them to your life.

1:15 p.m. - Andrew Campbell Social Media Agvocate The story behind #farm365 Colleen Dyck

Andrew Campbell

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

1:15 p.m. - Rob Saik

2:15 p.m. - CHRIS SOULES

Founder of Agri-Trend Know GMO & Author of the Agriculture Manifesto

The Bachelor and Agvocate Sharing the reality of the farm

Robert shares his passion for modern agriculture. He explores genetic engineering and how it’s shaping our industry in his upcoming documentary Know GMO.

After being on The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars, Chris remains true to his farming roots. Now he’s using his celebrity to promote the industry he loves.

Rob Saik

Shuttle Service During Canada’s Farm Progress Show we take the lead in providing door to door service for our international guests and exhibitors. Guests staying at a Regina Hotel Association member hotel can catch the shuttle daily during the event. This service will operate from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please contact your hotel front desk for more information.

Visit www.stayinregina.com for more information on Regina hotels.

Park & Ride

Again this year we are offering, Park and Ride. Exhibitors and attendees won’t need to worry about finding a parking spot, we’ve done that for you. Park at Rambler Park and hop aboard a shuttle to the CFPS grounds. Visit our website for full details.

Stop By Canada Centre - Hall 12 and view these attractions FCC INNOVATIONS CENTRE FARM PROGRESS FORUM THE LUMBERJILLS ANTIQUE TRUCK AND TRACTORS DISPLAY PLUS MANY MORE EXHIBITS

PURCHASE YOUR ADMISSION PASS ONLINE

TWO ADMISSION PASSES FOR $22 Single admission pass $15

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