Agri News September 16, 2011

The Southeast

A Monthly Newspaper for the Agriculture Industry Issue No. 143

September 16, 2011

A Supplement to the Southeast Trader Express

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SOUTHEAST AGRI NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Agriculture service centre back in Estevan Saskatchewan Rural Service Centres are back in operation, in another format and under new names, but providing the same type of assistance for regional producers.

That fact was brought forward Aug. 24 with the opening of an Agricultural Service Office in Estevan that will bring agricultural production experts into the city every Wednesday for appointments with local producers.

Local rancher Brian Ross, who was on hand for the official opening, welcomed the expansion of the service, thanking MLA Doreen Eagles and the provincial government for the move.

“With all the attention being paid to the oil and mining industries ... and deservedly so ... it’s nice to see that the government sees the agricultural industry as important too. Extension services are important to us. We sometimes need that one-to-one conversation and analysis. I can see where you’ll get a lot of activity in and from this office,” he said just before he was asked

Producer Brian Ross and farm management specialist Ken Evans from the Ministry of Agriculture held the ribbon while Estevan MLA Doreen Eagles had the honour of cutting it to officially open the Estevan Agriculture Service Centre. to participate in an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on the office’s front steps.

The service office shares space with the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance team in a storefront location in the strip mall just off Kensington Avenue.

The agricultural service centre in Estevan will be a home base for a variety of farming and ranching specialists every

Wednesday.

Elaine Moats, a crop specialist, said she will be one of those who will make regular trips from the rural service centre’s Weyburn office to Estevan.

The others will include Ken Evans, a farm management specialist; Lorne Kleine, a forage specialist and Bob Klemmer, livestock specialist as well as Dale Ulmer who deals with items such

Elaine Moats, crop specialist

as the Agriculture Stability Program.

In announcing the reopening of agricultural services in Estevan and area, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud, said “producers in the Estevan area deserve more than a toll-free telephone line or website information.” He added that this will give them the one-to-one service they need.

“The previous government closed the Estevan Rural Service Centre in 2004, leaving producers without provincial agricultural extension services,” said Eagles, during the opening ceremonies. “We are pleased to return these services to producers in this area.”

The Estevan office is one of seven satellite units that have been opened this

Lorne Kleine, forage specialist

year to serve farmers and ranchers. The others are located in Lloydminster, Moosomin, Meadow Lake, Assiniboia, Shaunavon and Wadena.

The satellite offices are supported by the 10 provincial regional offices that are found in Tisdale, Watrous, Yorkton, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Kindersley, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Outlook and Weyburn.

“Our goal was to improve services to agriculture and we saw that improving extension service was a part of it. When the previous administration closed those 22 rural centres, it hurt the industry a great deal. We’re now doing some renewal work here,” said Eagles.

“Saskatchewan farmers are the best in the world, so they should get the best services.

I thank our agrologists for coming back to Estevan.”

The Estevan Agriculture Service Office will be open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. To 5 p.m.

Producers may book a one-to-one appointment with a specific agriculture specialist by phoning (306) 848-2857.

Bob Klemmer, livestock specialist

WEYBURN INLAND TERMINAL LTD. Canadian Wheat Board Delivery Contract Summary PERCENTAGES

SERIES “A”

CALLED: CALLED 2011-2012 Crop Year 25% Red Spring #1 (13.5 % & higher) 25% Red Spring #1 (13.4% & lower) 25% Red Spring #2 (13.5% & higher) 25% Red Spring #2 (13.4% & lower) 25% Red Spring #3 (13.5% & higher) – Red Spring #3 (13.4% & lower) – Red Spring #4 – CFW – CPS Red 1 & 2 – CPS White – Red Winter 1 & 2 25% Extra Strong 1 & 2 – Durum #1 (13% & higher) 25% Durum #1 (12.9% & lower) 25% Durum #2 (13% & higher) 25% Durum #2 (12.9% & lower) 25% Durum #3 25% Durum #4 25% Durum #5 –

SERIES “B”

ACCEPTED

CALLED

ACCEPTED

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SERIES “C” CALLED

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WIT STOCK QUOTATIONS

ACCEPTED

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Week Ending

52-wk low*

September 2, 2011 $12.25

52-wk high

*Close

$13.45

$13.45

Volume

Yield**

0

2.97%

*Based on trading price of a minimum of one board lot which is equal to 100 shares. **Based on the semi-annual dividends paid in the previous 12 months and the current market price.

Contact: Union Securities Suite 102 - 2002 Cornwall St., Regina, Sask. S4P 2K5 (306) 565-4462 • Toll Free 1-877-525-7650

WIT Website www.wit.ca WIT Weyburn (1-800-552-8808) Regular delivery hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK CROP INPUT & PELLET HOURS ARE: Mon. - Fri.: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WIT Weyburn administration ofÀce hours are: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday WIT Lake Alma is open Monday thru Friday - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Reedy Remains

The ponds, sloughs and lake shores have been inundated with the reedy remains of this spring and summer’s floods as the cleansing process begins on the southern Saskatchewan prairies.

Now what about other supply management agencies?

Editorial With the impending dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board, the federal government will find itself facing another sticky wicket question that will demand some answers in the very near future.

Whether ending the CWB’s export monopoly status for Western Canadian producers is a good move, or downright folly, will be proven one way or another over time. The fact is, the Harper government is determined to do it and with a majority in the House of Commons, they now have the wherewithal to do it, no matter how CWB’s fronted vote among producers went.

But with the demise of the CWB, how can the federal government continue to proclaim their ongoing defence of supply management practices?

The CWB is much less guilty when compared with what is going on in the supply managed sector where producers are totally

protected from open market challenges. At least the CWB competed.

The Harper government proclaimed their undying support of the supply management system in the last campaign.

So now what?

They can’t dismantle it on one side of the fence and defend it on the other.

Or can they?

It’s a well acknowledged fact that the demise of the CWB will be welcomed by a fairly strong percentage of grain producers and a strong faction will also rue the day that it is effectively prevented from doing the job it was initially set up to do ... to assist and protect Western Canadian farmers.

So now what happens to the supply managed producers, especially those in Eastern Canada, who provide dairy and poultry products?

There will be expectations for the federal government to end all protectionist/monopolistic practices in the agricultural sectors

and what is good for the supply managed goose, has to be good for the openly marketed gander.

What about the more openly evident dairy products that currently enjoy price recoveries on the Canadian side that are about three times better than what is realized in the rest of the world?

What happens to the Canadian Dairy Commission and its cluster confusing policies that help get Canadian dairy products into foreign hands at reduced prices while forcing domestic industries that use the products to pay three times what their American neighbours pay for their pizza cheese? That’s just one example.

If the CWB and its export advantage needs to be taken out of the Canadian international trading mix, then so does the Canadian Dairy Commission.

If protectionism is to be abolished on the grain side, then it also needs to be abolished in all Canadian agriculture production and

Canadian beef returns to Vietnam, Colombia and Costa Rica The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) sent out a congratulatory message to the government of Canada in midAugust, heralding the return of market access to Vietnam and Colombia for Canadian beef.

The agreement with Vietnam provides Canadian producers of live breeding cattle, goats and sheep, access to the Vietnam market for the first time since 2003. This

market is worth up to $50 million per year to Canadian producers.

CCA president Travis Toews extended the congratulations to Canada’s International Trade Minister Ed Fast and the government he represents.

The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) came into effect Aug. 15.

The FTA with Colombia will provide duty-free access for up to 5,250

tonnes per year of Canadian beef and offal. Beef exports to Colombia could exceed $20 million annually under the agreement.

Earlier in this past month, the Canadian government announced the commencement of negotiations with Costa Rica to modernize the FTA they held with the aim of making changes that would improve Canadian beef access to that country as well.

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marketing sectors.

If the federal government has no faith in the Wheat Board, then it cer-

tainly need not set up artificial protective walls for other agricultural sectors.

If we’re so darn good at

this “feed the world” game, then we need to prove it.

Supply management practices need to go too.

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SOUTHEAST AGRI NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

ATT REEA GR G S NS AIIN PPLLA

Pre-Owned

INVENTORY

2011 EXPEDITION 4X4 MSRP=$58,499

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$50,489 $346 BW (Last New Expedition In Stock)

2011 RANGER SC 4X4 MSRP=$28,839

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$21,320 $148 BW (Last Red)

2011 EDGE LIMITED AWD

2011 RANGER SC 4X4

MSRP=$27,809

MSRP=28639

MSRP=$48,979

MSRP=$41,829

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$20,434 $142 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$21,146 $147 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$43,075 $296 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$36,810 $253 BW

(Only 2 Gray Left)

(Only 3 Black Left)

74,000 KM

$29,900 / $225 BW

2011 EDGE LIMITED AWD

2011 ESCAPE LIMITED 4X4

2011 ESCAPE XLT 4X4

MSRP=$42,129

MSRP=$45,179

MSRP=$37,499

MSRP=$33,299

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$37,070 $255 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$39,807 $274

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$30,958 $213 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$27,180 $188 BW

(Last Red Edge)

(Last Silver Edge)

(Only 2 Black Limited’s Left & 2 Black XLT’s)

(Last Blue 2011 Escape)

2011 ESCAPE XLT 4X4

MSRP=$30,929

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$27,653 $191 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$26,000 $180 BW

2011 FUSION SE

MSRP=$28,579

MSRP=$26,829

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$23,978 $166 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=22383 $155 BW

(Last Grey Fusion)

(Last White SE, Only 1 White SEL Left)

2011 FLEX LIMITED AWD MSRP=$54,949

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$46,928 $322BW

2011 FIESTA SES MSRP=$22,179

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$19,613 $136 BW

2011 F-150 SC 4X4 XLT

MSRP=$45,639

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$29,503 $203 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$34,542 $238 BW

38,000 KM

$26,900 / $228 BW

$35,900 / $269 BW

2011 F-150 SUPERCREW XLT 4X4

2011 F-150 SUPERCREW XLT 4X2

MSRP=$43,759

MSRP=$44,209

MSRP=$37,189

MSRP=$50,799

MSRP=$45,449

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$29,185 $201 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$32,926 $227 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$33,313 $229 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$27,276 $188 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$38,981 $268 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$34,380 $237 BW

(Last Red SC)

(Last Blue SC)

(Last Grey XLT, 2 FX4’s, Only 1 Lariat Left)

(Last XLT, Only 1 FX4 Blue Left)

(Last FX4, Only 5 White Lariats Left)

(Last Black Left)

MSRP=$55,539

MSRP=$61,479

MSRP=$53,329

MSRP=$53,344

MSRP=$61,229

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$45,548 $313 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$43,055 $296 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$49,290 $339 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$42,272 $291 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$42,297 $291 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$49,078 $338 BW

(Last Red Left)

(Only 2 Silvers Left)

(Last Black Left)

(Last Adobe Left)

(Only 2 Gray Left)

(Only 2 Whites Left)

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$55,511 $381 BW

(Last Black Left)

(Last Green Left)

2011 F-250 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4 2011 F-250 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4

2011 F-250 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4 MSRP=$63,814

MSRP=$66,924

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$49,742 $342 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$49,742 $342 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$49,798 $342 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$52,477 $361 BW

(Last Gray Left)

(Last Blue Left)

(Last White Left)

2005 CHEV TAHOE 4X4 $13,900

2009 FLEX LIMITED AWD

113,000 KM

54,000 KM

$24,900 / $212 BW

2009 FLEX LIMITED AWD

50,000 KM

50,000 KM

$12,900

$23,900 / $190 BW

$23,900 / $190 BW

2008 RANGER SC 4X4

2008 RANGER SC 4X4

2005 FREESTAR SEL

2008 RANGER SC 4X4

76,000 KM

8000 KM

2008 F-150 SC XLT 4X4

2008 DODGE 1500 CC 4X4

43,000 KM

135,000 KM

$19,900 / $179 BW

$14,900 / $135 BW

68,000 KM

10,000 KM

$11,900

$16,900 / $144 BW

$14,900 / $128 BW

$16900 / $144 BW

2008 GMC CC DENALI 4X4 $22,900 / $195 BW

2006 SILVERADO CC 4X4 $12,900 / $119 BW

2002 F-150 SC XLT 4X4

2010 F-150 CC XLT 4X4

119,000 KM

23,000 KM

$9900

$29,900 / $225 BW

2010 F-150 CC FX4 4X4

2009 F-150 SC FX4 4X4

SOLD

2011 F-350 CC 6.7L DIESEL LARIAT 4X4 2011 F-350 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4

$34,900 / $262 BW

51,000 KM

2009 F-150 SC LARIAT 4X4 $19,900

$32,900 / $247 BW

81,000 KM

19,000 KM

$28,900 / $217 BW

$28,900 / $217 BW

SOLD 2006 F-350 CC LARIAT AMARILLO 4X4 $22,900 / $226 BW

2008 F-250 CC LARIAT 4X4

2010 FUSION SE

SOLD

2005 F-350 CC LARIAT 4X4 $16,900

2004 F-350 CC LARIAT 4X4 $18,900

2006 F-350 CC LARIAT 4X4 $17,900

2010 TAURUS LIMITED AWD

2010 TAURUS SEL AWD

2009 PONTIAC WAVE

114,000 KM

135,000 KM

$27,900 / $237 BW

2011 F-350 CC 6.2L GAS LARIAT 4X4 2011 F-350 CC 6.7L DIESEL DUALLY LARIAT 4X4

MSRP=$73,609

MSRP=$66,984

MSRP=$63,879

MSRP=$75,119

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$56,800 $392 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$52,477 $361 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$58,225 $399 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$52,527 $361BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$51,356 $353 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$59,525 $409 BW

(Last Black)

(Last White Gas F-350 Left)

(Last Dually Left)

(Only 2 Blue Left)

14,000 KM

2009 F-150 CC KING RANCH 4X4

2010 F-150 CC FX4 4X4

(Last XLT, Only 3 Gray Lariats Left)

MSRP=$66,924

(Last XLT, Only 1 King Ranch, Only 3 White Lariats Left)

2003 CHEV AVALANCHE 4X4

2008 EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER 4X4

2011 F-350 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4

MSRP=$63,744

MSRP=$63,744

MSRP=$71,969

(Last Adobe Left)

$24900 / $245 BW

54,000 KM

$24,900 / $197 BW

2000 F-150 SC XLT $7900 2011 F-350 CC 6.7L DIESEL LARIAT 4X4 2011 F-350 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4

$16,900 / $167 BW

$51,900 / $369 BW

2008 LAND ROVER LR2 4X4 $23,900 / $214 BW

2007 F-150 CC LARIAT ROUSHE SUPERCHARGED 4X4 $17,900 / $177 BW

EMPLOYEE PRICE=$49,738 $342 BW

31,000 KM

2011 F-250 CC 6.2L GAS LARIAT 4X4 2011 F-250 CC 6.2L GAS XLT 4X4 2011 F-250 CC 6.2L GAS XLT 4X4 2011 F-250 CC 6.2L GAS LARIAT 4X4

MSRP=$58,439

MSRP=$70,469

2007 EXPLORER LIMITED 4X4

97,000 KM

2011 F-150 SUPERCREW XLT 4X4

2011 F-150 SC 4X4 XLT

MSRP=$39,409

MSRP=$63,744

33,000 KM

2006 GMC ENVOY 4X4

(Last Black SC)

2011 F-150 SC 4X4 XLT

2011 F-250 CC 6.7L DIESEL XLT 4X4 2011 F-250 CC 6.7L DIESEL LARIAT 4X4

2011 EXPEDITION MAX LIMITED 4X4

SOLD 21,000 KM

2011 F-150 SUPERCREW LARIAT 4X4 2011 F-150 SUPERCREW LARIAT 4X4

2010 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC ADRENALIN 4X4

50,000 KM

2010 ESCAPE XLT 4X4

2011 F-150 SUPERCREW FX4 4X4

32,000 KM

$51,900 / $369 BW

2011 F-150 SC 4X4 XLT

MSRP=$39,779

(Only 3 XLT’s, 1 FX4 & 1 Lariat SC White Left)

(Last Flex In Stock)

2011 EXPEDITION MAX LIMITED 4X4

(Only 2 Red Fusions Left)

2008 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC LIMITED 4X4

2011 FUSION SEL

$21,900 / $216 BW

2011 FUSION SEL

MSRP=$33,849

(Last Grey 2011 Escape)

2004 GMC ENVOY XL 4X4 $13,900

(Only 2 Earth Left)

2009 CHEV TRAVERSE 4X4

2011 EDGE SEL AWD

77,000 KM, Factory Warranty Remaining

2011 EDGE SEL AWD

2011 RANGER SC 4X4

(Only 2 Whites Left)

2005 EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER 4X4

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SOLD 2006 F-350 CC LARIAT 4X4 108,000 KM

$23,900

2009 F-250 CC LARIAT 4X4 $25,900 / $195 BW

24,000 KM

$27,900 / $221 BW

25,000 KM

$24,900 / $197 BW

33,000 KM

15,000 KM

$9900 / $76 BW

$19,900 / $159 BW

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SOUTHEAST AGRI NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Looks like final harvest for single desk CWB The majority of producers in Western Canada voted in favour of retaining the single-desk capabilities of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), but it doesn’t appear as if the plebiscite vote organized by the CWB itself is going to mean much.

With the federal government’s agriculture minister stating that he was ignoring the vote results and moving forward with the plans to eliminate the CWB’s monopoly

on marketing wheat and barley from Western Canadian producers by next August, the Wheat Board’s fate seems to be sealed.

Atotal of 38,261 out of a possible 66,000 producers who were considered eligible to vote on the issue, cast ballots this spring in a poll that was arranged by an independent accounting agency.

The mail-in ballot results were released Sept.

12 showing that 62 per

cent of wheat producers who completed the ballot favoured retaining the single desk CWB practice.

The producers who completed the ballot as barley producers voted 51 per cent in favour of retention of the single desk.

CWB chairman,Allen Oberg said the results of the ballot were a clear message to the federal government, but Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said he wasn’t about to be swayed by any CWB plebiscite. “Every Western Canadian grain farmer will have the right to choose how they market their grain just like farmers in the rest of Canada and around the world,� said Ritz in a

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release that was issued on the same day as the ballot results were revealed.

Farm groups who support the open market concept welcomed Ritz’s repeated remarks and called the CWB vote undemocratic.

In local circles, SourisMoose Mountain MP Ed Komarnicki issued his own press release on Sept. 12, suggesting that the CWB plebiscite was on shaky ground at best since it was open to anyone who was a wheat or barley producer within the past five years and in some cases this involved more than one producer per farm operation.

Komarnicki also pointed out that the participation rate in the vote was just 56 per cent, which led to speculation as to how many producers simply chose to boycott the vote.

“I appreciate there are good number of wheat and barley producers who would like to maintain the CWB single desk system and the plebiscite shows that, but opinions are divided. That said, there were a significant number, nearly 40 per cent of producers, that did not wish to maintain the single desk and when it comes to barley, it was about 50-50,�

Komarnicki added.

He said it was also important to point out there was no question on the ballot offering producers the opportunity to vote for a dual market system that the federal government is proposing as a direction in which the CWB can now go. “If producers feel strongly about preserving the Canadian Wheat Board and there is a majority feeling that way, then they

should band together and market through the Wheat Board in a dual market system,� Komarnicki said.

The MP for southeast Saskatchewan also noted that the provincial governments in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia supported the move to marketing freedom while Manitoba held out for the single desk scenario. “In my view, the time has come to give all farmers the marketing choice they deserve to have.

Anything less would not be appropriate in today’s world and in today’s market. In the days to come and as we move ahead in the fall session, details of the proposed legislation will be put forward for further discussion and what I would expect fairly lively debate,� Komarnicki said in conclusion.

Rutledge honoured with Hall of Fame induction

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Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roy Rutledge has gained national recognition for his decades-long contribution of time, effort and skill to improve livestock marketing in Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Livestock Marketers of Saskatchewan (LMS) congratulates board director Roy Rutledge for his induction into the Livestock Markets Association of Canada (LMAC) Hall of Fame,â&#x20AC;? said LMS president Rhett Parks.

Rutledgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is familiar within the Canadian livestock industry, because of his contributions as: a visionary entrepreneur who saw the merits of pre-sorted calf sales; an award winning auctioneer; respected auctioneering judge and a rancher.

Rutledge, who manages Assiniboia Livestock Auction and Weyburn Livestock Exchange while maintaining the

family ranch and farm auction business, was honoured for his dedication to improving livestock marketing in Canada.

The announcement regarding the induction was made June 10 during the LMAC Convention and Auctioneer Championship in Waterloo, Ontario.

To add to his achievements, at the same event Assiniboia Livestock Auction was also recognized as the Canadian Angus Association Auction Market of the Year.

A former president of the Saskatchewan Livestock Markets and Order Buyers Association (now LMS), Rutledge has served on the board and is a director-at-large for Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association.

He has been auctioneering for 30 years and was named the Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders Asso-

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ciation 1991 Auctioneer Champion.

Rutledgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaking engagements, lectures and columns have consistently had a common thread â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the merits of price discovery and the value of the auction system to livestock producers.

As operators of auction marketers, LMS members are responsible for moving in excess of 90 per cent of the cattle marketed in Saskatchewan, which has the second largest cow herd in Canada.

LMS promotes competitive bidding in the marketing of livestock by establishing collaborative relations with industry partners and by developing educational activities for members.

They also adhere to sound business practices and responsible animal welfare at membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; auction markets.

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WIT results lowered for obvious reasons

The first half of fiscal 2011 has been a profitable but challenging one for the Weyburn Inland Terminal.

Operations have been impacted by two consecutive years of flooding in the company’s core market area.

After-tax earnings reported in mid-August were $904,000 or 17 cents a share for the January to June period which was down substantially from the $3.566 million or 67

cents per share in the same period in 2010.

The company showed reduced earnings across all their business operations due mainly to a 25 per cent reduction in seeded acres in 2010 and a 75 per cent reduction in 2011.

“The efficiencies that have been built into the terminal’s grain handling operation over the years have benefited our shareholders and customers and given the company a strong

financial base to allow it to weather consecutive crop disasters,” said WIT president, Claude Carles. “The board of directors are all farmers, and understand that sometimes the weather can have a huge impact on an agricultural business. That doesn’t change our focus on ensuring we are a strong participant in the farm economy in the future.

We believe our local presence and the focus on farmers’ needs that

Southwest Sask. cattle couple capture coveted award Brian and Glenys Weedon of the Weedon Ranch in southwest Saskatchewan are the 2011 recipients of the Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA), a nationally recognized prize presented by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA).

TESA recognizes innovative sustainable management practices and stewardship initiatives that ensure a sustainable future for the beef cattle industry.

The Weedons received the award in midAugust during the annual TESA event held during the CCA’s semi-annual meeting and International Livestock Conference in Calgary.

One of four Canadian farm families nominated for the 2011 award, the Weedons were selected as they exemplify the ability to work successfully within a unique ecosystem, said Lynn Grant, chairman of the CCA’s environment committee.

“The Weedons have adapted their management practices to work within a challenging ecosystem to benefit not only their operation but the surrounding habitat, ensuring other species dependant on a functioning grassland landscape continue to thrive,” he said.

Accepting the award,

Brian Weedon said it was a great honour to be recognized by his peers for doing something positive.

“This is a tremendous honour for us and a humbling experience all at the same time,” he said.

“Over the past 20 or 30 years, driving around our area in Western Canada, I think what we’re doing on our ranch at one time might have been considered the exception but I believe now it is the norm.”

Glenys Weedon said the award recognizes what has been Brian’s vision for the past 30 years.

“Brian has taken a very good sandhill ranch and made it a great ranch,” she said.

The Weedon Ranch encompasses approximately 11,500 acres of native prairie range and 1,920 acres of tame grass in the dry brown soil zone of Saskatchewan near Swift Current. The ranch is mostly in a sandhill ecosystem, making water and grass management a priority.

Black Angus is the breed of choice at the Weedon cow-calf/backgrounding operation, as the couple finds them best suited for their management approach and the ecosystem they operate within.

As potable surface water is scarce, the Weedons are reliant on the

ranch’s high water table, which is very potable.

They have developed and implemented a watering system that is efficient and reliable and allows the ranch to utilize its grazing resources.

The surface water situation is remedied through the installation of shallow buried water pipelines, water stations, windmills and dugouts.

The water facilities are strategically located for maximum range utilization and the dugouts act as a backup for the other systems.

Cross fencing to accommodate grazing strategies, including deferred grazing of all native pasture and switchback grazing, along with balanced stocking rates, have resulted in a healthier range.

The Weedons have hosted field days and educational tours examining management protocols on Canada’s rangelands, range plant identification, range assessment and biodiversity observations.

I n 2 0 0 3 We e d o n Ranch was one of the first operations to meet the criteria to be enrolled inthe Quality Starts Here/ Verified Beef Production Program.

The CCA has recognized the outstanding efforts of innovative cattle producers with TESA since 1996.

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comes from being farmer owned and controlled will continue to pay off for both customers and shareholders in the long term. We look forward to continuing to grow for the benefit of both.”

Working capital on June 30 was $1.49 million compared with $2.87 million last year and retained earnings increased slightly to $30.776 million from $30.66 million a year ago.

After an August semi-annual dividend declaration of five cents a share, dividends of over $1.35 million have been paid to shareholders this year.

The company said they will continue to ensure operating assets are state-of-the-art with $2.51 million being invested in capital expenditures to date this year.

WIT also paid out a total of $455,000 in freight and dockage premiums to producers in the first half of 2011 and the company continues to file the lowest handling tariffs and is the only major grain handling company to offer net weight tariffs. This competitive pressure results

in consistently lower costs to all farmers in the southeast Saskatchewan market area for elevation, cleaning and shipping of their grain.

“The wet spring reduced the harvestable acres by about 75 per cent intended,” said Rob Davies, chief executive officer for WIT. “This impacted our crop inputs business severely and will limit the volume of grain harvested this fall.”

He noted that two consecutive years of flooding will result in a significantly reduced grain handling program over the next 12 months.

Looking at this fall, Davies added that, “our history of working with customers to improve their returns is well demonstrated, through drying, blending and ergot cleaning programs we have offered in the past. Our experienced

grain buying and marketing staff will continue to work with customers to create plans to maximize the value of their crop. We will continue to aggressively market flax and canola and our professional agronomists can help with crop management through harvest.”

Davies went on to say that there will be many opportunities presenting themselves next year.

“As we move towards a non-CWB monopoly marketing environment, WIT will spend significant time developing new plans and programs to allow us to continue to work closely with our customers after Aug. 1, 2012.”

That is the scheduled date for the formal dismantling of the CWB as a single-desk marketer of Western Canadian wheat and barley.

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SOUTHEAST AGRI NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

OPINION

Who do they really represent?

By Art Macklin Whose voice is it anyway?

Wi l l t h e We s t e r n Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWGA) and the Western Barley Growers (WBGA) exist once the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is eliminated?

Both groups, supposedly representing farmers, have been very vocal in calling for the elimination of the CWB’s single desk selling power. These two organizations, along with the Alberta Barley Commission, were key instigators in the formation of the anti-CWB Grain Growers of Canada.

Over the years I was able to gain some insight into how these groups operate because as a CWB director, I attended their annual general meetings.

It was part of an organizations commitment to hear from all farmers — to take that information and refine and improve programs and services.

One thing always struck me at these meetings, and that was who attended and who sponsored them.

At the Barley Growers AGM, the majority of people attending appeared to be representatives for big grain companies, railroads, banks, seed, machinery and chemical companies.

You could have squeezed most of the actual producers into a Volkswagen Beetle.

In fact, actual farmer membership has always been an issue for these groups. A few years ago, in a court affidavit filed by the WBGA, they stated they had only 130 members, many of whom were farmers. Meanwhile, in 2004, the WCWGA completely collapsed due to lack of membership.

Yet there is no lack of corporate support. The same companies attending the WBGA and WCWGA meetings, also very generously sponsored them with many thousands of dollars.

At one of the Wheat Growers meetings I attended, they recognized sponsors as platinum, gold, silver and bronze. If you calculated the minimum amount the companies had to invest to achieve the sponsorship level they were being recognized at, $60,000 had

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I also observed the company reps were very good at stroking the egos of the producers in the room.

These reps were masterful at telling farmers how smart, independent and entrepreneurial they were. They subtly (and not so subtly), built the notion that these farmers were astute marketers being burdened by selling together with their neighbours (who marketed through the CWB). With a wink and a nudge, they were told they could most assuredly market premiums for themselves.

Why would they do this?

Well, if the handful of big grain traders can

too much or their service is inadequate.

Meanwhile, Monsanto will probably succeed in introducing genetically modified wheat regardless of whether our premium customers, such as the Japanese, are prepared to buy it.

The list could go on and on, but the long and short of it is that companies will win and farmers and rural communities will lose.

Companies have supported these two farmer groups for a long time because it’s been a successful strategy for them.

They have succeeded in eliminating the Crow Rate, the regulations and costing reviews under Western Grain Transportation Act

and the Prairie Pools.

If the CWB goes, they will have snuffed out the last remains of farmer power in the grain industry with the resources and expertise to challenge their domination.

Having accomplished their goal, there will be no need to continue investing in groups that claim to represent farmers.

Editor’s note: Macklin, who resides in Grande Prairie, Alberta, operates a family farm with his wife and son. He served two terms as a CWB farmerelected director and is past president of the Canadian National Farmers’ Union and a past chairman of the Canadian International Grains Institute.

Foodgrains Bank expands donation to East Africa The Canadian Foodgrains Bank has committed an additional $300,000 to East Africa.

That means the total assistance from this agency now stands at $8.8 million which is being directed toward the feeding of over 270,000 people in drought driven regions.

The effort will provide two months of emergency food rations for 19,600 people in Somalia.

The funds are being channelled through the Foodgrains Bank member agencies which are the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Canadian Lutheran World Relief, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries and the Mennonite Central Committee. These agencies also serve projects in Kenya and Ethiopia as well as Somalia.

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Another bit of the food is going to communities that rely on livestock and which have been particularly hard hit with the recent drought.

Last month the Bank supported two projects, one in Somalia and the other in Ethiopia.

In southern Somalia, 11,000 people received rice, beans, oil, salt and sugar through a $500,000 project led by the Foodgrains Bank member agency, the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee and another local partner, World Concern Kenya. The food

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eliminate the CWB, they will capture the millions in blending revenues at the port terminals and they will have the power to eliminate the use of producer cars.

Grain companies don’t like producers cars because it allows us to save $1,200 per car in handling and elevation charges if we can bypass their country terminals.

If the CWB is dismantled or its power gutted through the removal of the single desk, there will be some very real consequences for farmers.

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In Ethiopia, 8,000 children received four months worth of Famix, a nutritional supplement and vegetable oil. This $200,000 project was led by Foodgrains Bank partner, Canadain Lutheran World Relief ,in co-operation with the Support for Sustainable Development group.

The Foodgrains Bank itself has received over $635,000 in direct support in the past two months. This came from donors wanting to help African people who have been directly affected by the drought.

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