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Canola Council of Canada agronomist is urging Manitoba farmers to act now to prevent a few isolated cases of clubroot from becoming an epidemic like it has in Alberta.

Alberta might have kept clubroot, a soil-borne, yield-robbing canola disease, in check had it quarantined the first infected fields in 2003, says Clinton Jurke, the Canola Council of Canada’s agronomy specialist for western Saskatchewan.

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But with a little management and good genetics, Gerry Bertholet’s calves are packing on the pounds from mixed-grass prairie that would put many tame pastures to shame.

Since Bertholet started working with Manitoba’s Critical W i l d l i f e Ha b i t a t P r o g r a m (CWHP) using a twice-over grazing system on a half section, pasture productivity has improved steadily.

In the meantime, he’s developed genetics to take full advantage of it, with a target of calves that wean at 70 per cent of their dam’s bodyweight.

Bertholet weighs his cattle in spring before they head out on pasture and again in fall when they come off. At a pasture tour last week, CWHP field rep Mike Denbow used eight years’ worth of weight data on Bertholet’s cow-calf pairs to demonstrate the economic benefit from preserving native prairie.

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INSIDE

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LIVESTOCK

A sexy way of weather forecasting

Essentials for success What’s needed to make group sow housing work

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University of Sao Paulo release

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ome study computer models. Other folks claim they can predict weather changes by whether their bones ache. Still others say birds fly low and cows lie down when stormy weather looms.

CROPS Meeting the production challenge Monsanto’s head of plant breeding says genomics is key

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FEATURE B.C. going GE free?

British Columbia municipalities vote to make the province’s farm sector GE free

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CROSSROADS Fall or fowl feast?

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

Insects stop mating when bad weather looms

’Tis the season for community suppers

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

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But scientists say there’s a sexier way to tell if it’s going to rain: watch the mating behaviour of insects.

A group of scientists from the University of Sao Paulo (College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”) teamed up with researchers at the University of Western Ontario to show for the first time that insects modify their mating behaviour in response to a drop in air pressure, which in most cases is a sign of imminent rain.

The experimental study included three different species of insects belonging to very distinct orders and compared their mating behaviours under falling, stable, and increasing air pressure conditions.

With a Y-tube olfactometer, which is an instrument used to assess insect responsiveness toward odours, the group exposed males of curcurbit beetle (Diabrotica speciosa) to female pheromone extracts and observed that under falling air pressure males showed less motion and interest in females than in either stable or increasing atmospheric pressure.

The group also observed that when in contact with females, males did not put too much effort into courtship and mating occurred faster under dropping atmospheric pressure.

For Dr. Maurício Bento, loss of interest in mating during the hours before the storm is an adaptation that “reduces the probability of injury and death of insects, which makes sense if you consider that high winds and rainstorms are life threatening for them.”

The number of times that true army worm moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta) and potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) females exhibited call-

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ing behaviour, which is the way females of these species attract males for copulation, was also tested under different atmospheric conditions. Calling behaviour, and thus mating, was significantly affected by changes in air pressure.

The fact that all three species analyzed modified their mating behaviour in response to changes in air pressure suggests that all insects are adapted to respond to potential bad weather. As a number of vertebrates feed on insects, it is possible that animals’ foraging activity is also disrupted in response to decreasing air pressure.

CORRECTION A story about feed wheat on page 17 last week said Manitoba farmers are poised to push winter wheat acres to new highs in 2014. The sentence should have read they’re poised to push feed wheat acres.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Popularity of farmers’ markets continues to grow There were five new farmers’ markets established this year, including the popular Downtown Biz Market at the Manitoba Hydro Plaza in Winnipeg

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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armers’ market star continues to rise in Manitoba.

“I’d say it’s been one of our best years yet,” said Marlin Peters, co-ordinator of the Virden Farmers’ Market.

Customer traffic is up and that’s attracting new vendors, he said.

“We have definitely seen an increase this year,” he said.

“I’m sure there’s at least five or six vendors that had never come before.”

It’s a similar story around the province, said Jeffrey Veenstra, head of the Farmers’ Market Association of Manitoba (FMAM).

At least five new markets started this year, and those are just the ones he’s aware of because they also became members of the association, Veenstra said.

“We’ve experienced a large growth in farmers’ markets in Manitoba this year,” he said.

One of the big stories for 2013 was the launch of the Downtown Biz Market at the Manitoba Hydro Plaza in Winnipeg.

The market exceeded expectations, attracting downtown workers and drawing customers from other parts of the city, said Jason Syvixay, strategic initiatives and public relations leader for Downtown Winnipeg Biz. “We’d been hearing over the years that a farmers’ market would be really great, especially for those who don’t have access to transportation to get to places like the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market,” Syvixay said.

“We’re definitely planning to do it again next year and we’re looking for ways to grow it.”

The market began in June, running from 11:30 to 5:30 on Thursdays. Traffic was steady but lunch hours were the busiest.

“We’ve experienced a large growth in farmers’ markets in Manitoba this year.”

Jeffrey veenstra

Farmers’ Market Association of Manitoba president

“During the lunch hours you’d probably see 400 people at a time,” he said.

Mo r e t h a n 8 0 v e n d o r s expressed interest, Syvixay said.

“But we could only accommodate 40,” he said. “So we had a waiting list of 30 to 40.”

Well-established markets like Morden also had a good year, although it lost about a third of its vendors this year.

“I think we went from 34 to about 24,” said market co-ordinator Lynnette Froese.

But that wasn’t necessarily a problem, as those left were able to sell more, she said, adding some vendors complained last year they weren’t making enough sales.

Most markets have now wrapped up for the year, with many bidding farewell to their seasonal customers last week.

But it’s been “a bit of a strange year,” said Veenstra, a vegetable producer who sells at the Pineridge Hollow Farmers’ Market.

“With the increased amount of farmers’ markets, and not necessarily an increase in vendors it’s kind of spread out a few of the vendors and weakened a few of the markets,” he said.

But supply and demand should eventually even out, he added.

“I think there are more people starting to see you can make a profit if you sell the right product at the right farmers’ market,” he said.

FMAM’s small board will meet later this month to review the

year and do some strategic planning for its 39 member markets.

The other part of Manitoba’s “strange year” is, despite a thriving membership, the association’s own future remains uncertain.

Its three-member board still has two vacancies, and next year Veenstra could be on his own if the two existing directors, whose terms are complete, choose not to serve again. The association has not had paid staff for nearly two years after grants ran out, and is now run entirely by the volunteer board.

But Veenstra, who assumed the role of chair last April, remains optimistic.

He said he’s confident they’ll be able to recruit new board members, and the board is focused on running the organization effectively and efficiently to reduce the board’s workload, Veenstra said.

“I think if we stay as a volunteer board and maintain our simple, basic activities, we can succeed as a volunteer board and still provide a very good service to our farmers’ markets,” he said.

Markets need an association to speak for them when issues arise, such as when it challenged Peak of the Market over the small-grower limit for root crop vegetables.

“At this point we don’t have those issues,” he said. “But should they arise again then we’ll have a collective voice. The association should keep going so when we do need it it’s there.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Lisa Hastings buys produce at the Downtown Biz farmers’ market in Winnipeg. In its first summer, operating the downtown market was a huge draw to visitors and vendors alike. photo: shannon vanraes

Sharing The Harvest Sharing The Harvest Farmers create 62,000 jobs for Manitobans Farmers create 62,000 jobs for Manitobans

Manitoba farmers use hundreds of products and services to grow their crops, raise their livestock, get them to market.

In doing so createtojobs across wide variety of Manitoba and farmers use hundreds of products andthey services grow theiracrops, raise their industries and in the livestock, getprovince. them to market. In doing so they create jobs across a wide variety of industries in the province.

This includes jobs in transportation, research, marketing, financial services, technology, This includes jobs in transportation, research, and equipment manufacturing/sales – to namemarketing, a few. financial services, technology, and equipment manufacturing/sales – to name a few.

Farming also results in jobs in the food processing, food service and food retailing sectors.

Farming also results in jobs in the food processing, food service and food retailing sectors.

Think about it. You probably know someone who’s employed because of agriculture.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Sea changes

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arket pundits have been talking “sea change” of late, the prospect of monster crops in key production areas of the world this year transforming the market psyche from famine to feast.

“No longer will a constant fear of scarcity drive prices. Instead, traders will be battling for market share instead of scrambling for supplies,” said a Reuters Laura Rance report outlining this year’s global harEditor vest’s potential to restock the world’s store.

Some of the experts are saying we need just one more trouble-free global growing cycle to safely move way from the past few years of uncomfortably high food prices.

“Global stockpiles, while recovering, are still far from the 80 or so days’ worth of demand that will keep panic at bay,” the report says.

Never mind that last year at this time the U.S. was experiencing the worst drought since the Depression era.

We have a hunch most farmers have little interest in returning to the days of exporters driving down the price in order to buy market share. The years since 2008 have made farming fun again for many Canadian farmers — successive years of good yields and high prices are an unheard of combination. But there is a dangerous tendency for both farmers and pundits to base long-term decisions on short-term history. Once again, we’ve gone from famine to feast, or the other way around if you’re talking prices.

But what about the long term? The words “sea change” were in another report released last week and this time the authors meant it literally, rather than as a figurative turn of phrase.

The latest update from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said scientists are more convinced than ever that global warming is indeed occurring and human activity is the root cause.

The report predicts the Earth is set for more heat waves, floods, droughts and rising sea levels from melting ice sheets that could swamp coasts, inundate low-lying islands and potentially displace entire cities.

The panel said temperatures were likely to rise by between 0.3 and 4.8 C by the late 21st century.

Sea levels are likely to rise by between 26 and 82 cm (10 to 32 inches) by the late 21st century, after a 19-cm rise since the 19th century. In the worst case, seas could be 98 cm higher in the year 2100.

The report estimates that a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere would lead to a warming of between 1.5 and 4.5 C, lowering the bottom of the range from 2.0° estimated in a 2007 report. The new range, however, is the same as in other IPCC reports before 2007.

As Manitoba farmers harvest what looks to be a record crop, our guess is their focus is more on the potential for the market “sea change” to lower prices that will be top of mind.

But perhaps it is the potential for increased volatility in their production environment that should be driving their decisions going forward.

Prairie farmers are no strangers to variable weather — droughts, floods, late seasons, early frosts and everything in between. And they have learned to adapt.

For example, farmers affected by Red River floods, which have become more frequent, are typically well equipped with the kind of machinery that can get the seeding done in a shortened window of opportunity.

But adapting to the new climate reality will be about more than the ability to finance additional land or machinery. Weather variability makes for market volatility. Not only will farmers have lower prices for this year’s crop, they’ll have a harder time finding markets for it.

Their future plans should also account for the reality that climate-related disasters such as the flooding that swept across Manitoba in the spring of 2011 or the unprecedented flooding that hit southern Alberta earlier this year could quickly destroy the capacity of governments to respond.

Farmers have already seen governments adopt a more risk-averse approach to farm income stabilization with the Growing Forward 2 program. Premiums have been raised and coverage has been limited. The expression “ad hoc,” at least as it pertains to agriculture, is no longer in the bureaucratic vocabulary.

In short, if farming indeed becomes riskier as a result of global warming, farmers will be bearing a greater proportion of that risk on their own.

While returns are still relatively good, now might be a good time to make realistic long-term plans for the “sea changes” in future. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Tree nursery rooted in uncertainty

By Gord Howe

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n April 2012, the federal government announced that it was axing the very popular Prairie Shelterbelt Program.

To date, the government has received more than 20,000 letters, phone calls and hundreds of petitions from upset tree planters. MPs have received numerous complaints as well.

Tree planting on the Prairies has always been a joint effort between landowners and the federal government. The government provides the tree seedlings and the farmer pays the shipping, planting and maintenance costs and provides the land. Landowners see few benefits for the first few years, but over the 50to 100-year lifespan of the trees, shelterbelts benefit many generations and ultimately all people in Canada.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his departmental bureaucrats keep saying that trees have no value and aren’t needed anymore. Yet every schoolchild knows the multiple benefits of trees. In our carbon-fuelled society, trees are more important than ever.

Although the role of trees in agriculture has changed over time, they are valuable for watershed protection, wildlife habitat, farmstead protection and snow management.

For the past year, a group of concerned citizens has tried to get the government to reconsider its decision. The group has collected petitions, done media interviews, set up displays at trade shows, met with politicians, bureaucrats and farm groups.

A coalition of agricultural associations from across the Prairies has formed and asked the government to lease the operations at the Indian Head Agroforestry Development Centre.

On May 3, Minister Ritz met with the coalition in Regina to discuss a lease arrangement and to arrange a smooth transition.

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Ritz stated that the Indian Head tree nursery would run as a viable operation to Dec. 31, 2013. He said applications would be received, summer and fall seeding would occur, and fall harvest would be done, while the coalition prepared a business plan and acquired funding.

However, a bureaucrat was sent out to negotiate a lease and all Ritz’s promises flew out the window. While politicians appear to be attempting to solve the “shelterbelt problem” that is causing so much grief, the senior official in charge of assets and other bureaucrats are just interested in selling off the tree nursery, not trying to ensure a smooth transition.

The past spring, five million seedlings were planted by 10,000 landowners. In addition, thousands of applicants never received the trees they requested, probably due to shortages of stock. Maybe the government is now recognizing how valuable and popular the tree-planting program was to Prairie people.

Field staff that are left at the nursery are trying valiantly to keep the seedling crops tended with the hope that the century-old operation will have a new life next year.

But what will happen?

Will the coalition be able to put together a viable business case?

Will Ritz keep the promises he made May 3?

Will the bureaucrats deliver on what the minister has promised, or will they continue to look to dump the property with no intention to assist in a successful long-term transition?

For the sake of future generations, let’s hope that everyone co-operates and a successful transition to a non-profit coalition occurs and this wonderful service to Prairie people continues for years to come.

Gord Howe is a former manager of the Agroforestry Development Centre at Indian Head.

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his photo from our Oct. 15, 1992 issue is not poor reproduction — it shows a City of Winnipeg fire truck in a thick smoke haze on the Perimeter Highway. That issue reported that on Oct. 8, the province had imposed a ban on stubble burning following several days when Winnipeggers had awoken to thick smoke engulfing the city. On. Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, 64 people had been treated for smoke-related ailments in Winnipeg and Brandon. Between Oct. 3 and Oct. 8, 57 children had been taken to Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital, and 21 had been admitted. In repsonse, the following year the province developed the current system of daily burning permission by area, which remains today.

The stubble was due to a heavy crop that year — Statistics Canada reported that in contrast to belowaverage crops in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Manitoba had harvested the third-largest crop over the past 10 years. However, the cloudy, damp summer that boosted yields also contributed to high nitrate levels in forage,

and 30 head of cattle in the Ste. Rose area had died from nitrate poisoning.

Some beef producers had other problems — 12 were owed a total of $325,000 following the receivership of Western Beef, a slaughterhouse in Beausejour.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

The good old days – not always so good Some modern food trends could push food production back in time

By Cam Dahl

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ocal. Organic. Hormone free.

Gluten free. No pesticides.

Nothing artificial. These are the buzzwords in food marketing today.

Who can object to all of these wholesome-sounding concepts?

Food companies are trying to take us back to a time which many consumers imagine as idyllic, pure and healthy. The fact this is an effective marketing strategy is proven by how many companies are using it. These are not ad campaigns from little stores, but strategic marketing efforts by our largest grocery stores and restaurant chains.

Two things strike me about these trends. First off, the “good old days” were not nearly as good as today’s advertising makes them out to be.

Some in society seem to want to push producers and farmers back to the rural lifestyle and production practices of the 1940s and 1950s. In other words, houses with no running water, wood heat, a standard of living below poverty, one-room school education, even longer work hours, etc.

The second thing that strikes me about the latest marketing trends is the portrayal of modern commercial agriculture as being bad for our health and bad for the environment.

This view is both wrong and dangerous.

I have heard it said that trends like this are the indulgences of a rich society. This statement has a ring of truth as not only will this misinformation about agricultural practices hurt farmers and ranchers, but unchecked, it will have a large impact on those who can least afford to spend more on food.

Don’t get me wrong. I applaud every producer who is able to access niche markets like “local” or “organic” and to increase their incomes through hard work and their marketing skills. However, I do have a problem when some of these multimillion-dollar marketing campaigns spread inaccurate and damaging information about the way the majority of our food is produced.

Let us take a look at some of the claims made by the latest foodie trends, like the notion that food in

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Industry is taking action to protect bees We would like to respond to the many articles in the media recently regarding the use of pesticides and their interaction with honeybees.

While most media to date has been bringing a clear message that nothing is being done or not enough is

How should agriculture respond to this growing romanticized trend towards consumers seeking food produced like it was 1930?

great-grandma’s time was somehow safer. Canada has a strong sciencebased food safety system. Year after year, statistics from the Public Health Agency of Canada show that modern agriculture is delivering food that is safer than the year before. The days gone by are not so good when one actually looks at the facts around incidences of foodborne illnesses.

What about the claims that agriculture from years gone by had less impact on the environment? Did you know that the drought faced by Western Canada in the 1990s and 2000s was in fact worse than the droughts of the “Dirty 30s?” Yet, Manitoba soil did not blow into Ontario because modern production practices, like the use of pesticides and biotechnology, have allowed agriculture to manage the soil and moisture levels better. How could it be good for the environment to go back to the old practices?

Modern grazing practices are an integral part of grassland ecosystems and help us meet everyone’s conservation objectives. Economically viable beef production also provides society with many environmental services such as preserving wetlands.

Beef production both creates jobs as well as delivers important environmental goods and services for all Manitobans.

Opposition to antibiotics in livestock production is another advertising trend. But how can anyone consider it humane not to treat an animal that has become sick? Failure to treat illness is simply not a good management practice and it is not the right way to care for livestock.

So how should agriculture respond to this growing romanticized trend towards consumers seeking food produced like it was 1930? We could

being done, we would like to commend a few stakeholders on recent announcements, which I would consider positive.

Firstly, Health Canada has released a notice of intent seeking input from the various stakeholders, including the beekeeping industry, as well as already placing some requirements for the 2014 seeding season. I believe this is a very positive action by Health Canada.

DuPont has announced a neonicotinoid-free seed option for corn and soybean seed — but only in Canada.

Once again, we believe this is a positive action taken by the seed-pesticide industry.

Bayer CropScience is introducing a new class of chemistry as an alternative to imidacloprid. The active ingredient is flupyradifurone. It is marketed as a “bee-friendly” product with no bloom (application) restrictions. It will be registered in 2015.

As well, Bayer is working on an alternative lubricant. The new Bayer fluency agent — made of a polyethylene wax substrate — was shown to significantly decrease dust and emissions during laboratory testing.

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just complain about misguided city folk. But that won’t change the way our customers are selling the food we produce. Instead, agriculture needs to get out front and guide these trends. We need to show our urban cousins the effort we make to protect the environment and to care for our animals. This is the only way consumers will be informed about how agricultural production takes place today and how it continues to evolve.

This is one of the purposes of the recently revised Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle.

The new code is practical and science based. Beef producers have had the opportunity for input into the development of the new code. Animal welfare representatives, enforcement agencies and other representatives from civil society were also directly involved in developing the new code.

The wide representation will help ensure that our efforts to promote the highest standards of animal care are

supported and understood by Canadians.

Having a code of practice is step one. Confirming it is being followed will be step two. There may be some who feel that having customers ask, “Are you following the code of practice?” is interference in their ranch.

But as we have seen in other industries and sectors of agriculture, we can either try to get in front and inform these trends, or have others like Tim Hortons and Walmart impose arbitrary and impractical standards on us without our consent or input.

Many consumers are asking, “Where does my food come from?”

We as producers need to be ready to answer this question. Failure to do so will mean others will answer it for us and history has shown that it is never good to have others tell our story.

Bayer has been actively involved in finding solutions to improve honeybee health for more than 25 years. Its Bee Care Program includes initiatives designed to further bee health research, engagement and discussion and bring Bayer’s extensive experience and knowledge in bee health under one platform.

As you can see, there seems to be good progress being made on reducing the risk and exposure of possibly harmful chemicals to bees.

Thanks to a combined effort from the Canadian Honey Council along with other stakeholders, and the effort to have meaningful discussion, it would seem progress is being made.

The Alberta Beekeepers Commission would like to thank these organizations for the efforts to have a sustainable beekeeping industry in today’s ever-changing agricultural climate.

Lump sum payments for lost land a sham

Gertie Adair General manager Alberta Beekeepers Assoc.

Cam Dahl is general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers.

I read Jim Collinson’s excellent Manitoba Hydro versus Manitoba farmers: billions at stake in the Sept. 19 Manitoba Co-operator.

Reference is made to the Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowners Association (CAEPLA) for protecting their rights and options. This seems like an organization that farmers and farm organizations would be well advised to support.

If Hydro had to pay a compensation that reflected future realities for land use, they might think a little harder about the need for building more towers and transmission lines.

Lump sum compensation is rarely, if ever, a fair deal for farmers. Collinson explains why lump sum compensation at today’s prices is a sham.

That’s where an organization like CAEPLA comes in.

Bill Anderson Forrest, Man.

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FROM PAGE ONE PASTURE Continued from page 1

with seasonal weather conditions, the trend has been upward and last year’s results were eye popping. There were 50 cow-calf pairs on the halfsection pasture from the end of May to mid-October. The calves, all intact bulls, ended up gaining an average of 3.9 pounds per day and came off the grass at nearly 1,000 pounds each.

“They weighed an average of 394 pounds going out and came off averaging 967 pounds,” said Denbow.

Even with those heavy calves on them, the cows gained 206 pounds on average, he noted.

“It doesn’t really make sense.

Those cows should be thin, but they are still fat and milking,” said Denbow.

The cows, mainly Angus and Simmental crosses weighing roughly 1,200 to 1,400 pounds, were bred to a variety of different bulls.

“It’s all about having the right grass and the right genetics,”

said Bertholet, who combined a tour of his grazing system with an open house event aimed at showing off his latest bull crop.

Some of the gains could be attributed to creep feeding, and the fact that they were all his best, intact bull calves. But Bertholet said he believes the pasture — little bluestem and other native grasses — is playing a major role.

The rancher is a firm believer in hybrid vigour, and often uses Angus-Simmental-cross bulls with similarly bred cows.

Despite his cattle’s stunning gains on mainly grass, he’s not a fan of low-input production systems or grass-finished beef, and believes that barley is the best way to put pounds on calves.

With corn growing on both sides of his lane, it’s clear that he’s also a firm believer in the value of silage.

His bulls are easy calvers, he said, with this year’s heaviest calf born by a heifer tipping the scales at just 84 pounds.

Also, by calving in a barn dur-

Bertholet’s combination of grass management and genetics has resulted in bull calves that are weaned in fall at nearly 1,000 pounds. PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

ing the coldest part of the year, he figures his mortality rates are no higher than for May-June calvers.

Calving on grass has gained

in popularity in recent years, but Bertholet said it’s less efficient at producing pounds of beef. May-June calves are small at birth and aren’t fully able to

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convert the rich milk produced by their mothers at that time into growth, he said. Spring calving means calves go from pasture in fall to a backgrounding lot all winter, and then out onto grass for another summer before heading to a feedlot.

That wastes time and money, he said.

“By the time they’re hanging, they’re 30 months old,” said Bertholet. “By calving JanuaryFebruary, I can finish two calf crops by the time they finish one.”

It wasn’t easy at first, said Curtis Hullick, who was with CWHP when Bertholet adopted his grazing strategy.

“He was definitely hitting the pastures a little too hard,” said Hullick, now with Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation.

“There were fences in place, but the gates were all open and there was no management to the system.”

T h e g r a s s h o p p e r s w e re thick, patches of bare ground appeared in the fall, and the pasture was overrun with nonnative and invasive species that limited productivity, he added.

CWHP paid to have crossfencing installed to create four main paddocks connected by an alleyway leading to a central dugout, along with a small paddock of tall fescue that is used in early spring and late fall. Staff also helped Bertholet develop a grazing plan to optimize pasture recovery and improve habitat for endangered species of birds.

Twice-over grazing involves an initial 12-day rotation that skims over the grass in all the paddocks early in the season followed up later by a 25-day rotation that runs into mid-October.

Managing the rotations isn’t “a pain,” said Bertholet. Most times, the cows are waiting at the gate for their next pasture move.

“The cows, they know. They catch on,” he said. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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CLUBROOT Continued from page 1

Now it’s too late. There are thousands of clubroot-infected fields in Alberta, Jurke said in an interview. “And that’s only in a period of 10 years. That’s a pretty dramatic increase.”

But Manitoba, where the disease has only recently been confirmed, can still keep it contained, he said. Identifying infected fields early, cleaning equipment before leaving infected fields, extending canola rotations, reducing tillage and planting resistant canolas are ways to slow clubroot’s spread.

“We really do have an opportunity in Manitoba to nip it in the bud,” Jurke said. “If we can encourage Manitoba growers to think constructively, and from a risk management point of view, I think they’ll have a better opportunity of controlling it than the Albertans have.”

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ (MAFRI) oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec agrees.

“We don’t want to get to the stage where all of a sudden it’s everywhere causing major yield loss,” she said.

Clubroot, a slime mould that cannot be economically controlled with pesticides, causes cankers on canola roots preventing the uptake of water and nutrients. It results in yield losses of up to 100 per cent.

MAFRI issued a notice Sept.

19 that infected canola plants were found in two unrelated Manitoba fields in August and September. The locations aren’t being released.

Most Manitoba farmers are within 50 kilometres of an infected field, although right now the infections are light, Kubinec said.

In 2012, clubroot DNA was found in soil samples from two Manitoba fields. In 2005 a lowlevel infection was found in a Manitoba canola nursery.

Low levels of clubroot were present in Alberta vegetable fields in the 1970s and ’80s, but in 2003 it showed up in a dozen or so canola fields, Jurke said. It has been spreading from ground zero in the Edmonton area ever since.

“Right in the heart of where clubroot is at its worst you’ve still got these guys who don’t know anything about it,” he said.

Long seed survival

Clubroot spores can survive in the soil 20 years. They build up the more often a host plant is present. Hosts include canola, volunteer canola, stinkweed, wild mustard and shepherd’s purse.

“Now that it’s in Manitoba, there is the potential it could go the same way as Alberta,” Jurke said. “But the advantage Manitoba has is that we have a lot better understanding of the disease now and much better controls available so there is the opportunity to try and restrict that movement.”

MAFRI is monitoring the two infected fields and encouraging the farmers who own them to clean their equipment, Kubinec said. They are also being encouraged to only plant canola in those fields one in four years.

Manitoba farmers shouldn’t be complacent, nor overly pessimistic about clubroot, Kubinec and Jurke said. Some Alberta farmers have stopped cleaning equipment because the disease has spread throughout their area.

Their options are limited to planting canola one in four

years and sowing a resistant variety. But Jurke warned that is short sighted.

“Resistance (in the laboratory) has broken down on almost any brassica crop that they put resistance into within a couple of cycles,” he said.

“If we are using resistance, we need to follow a longer rotation, especially for those growers known to have clubroot on their land.”

Long breaks in growing canola will reduce the severity of clubroot in a field but won’t eliminate the disease nor prevent it from infecting a field, Jurke stressed.

Scout

It’s important for farmers to be searching for the disease, Kubinec said. Farmers need to determine what has killed canola plants in their fields, record the locations and monitor them. Several things can cause root cankers including herbicide injury and compaction.

Removing soil from equipment is tedious, but effective, Kubinec said.

“If a farmer can spend 15 minutes knocking all the big dirt clumps off their machinery they’ve probably removed quite

“We don’t want to get to the stage where all of a sudden it’s everywhere causing major yield loss.”

Anastasia Kubinec

a bit of the soil and their chances (of transferring the pest) quite a bit,” she said. “If you can get most of the dirt clumps you’ve probably removed 90 per cent of the soil and then your risk.”

Reducing tillage helps too.

“The more tillage that happens in the soil, the more chances the pathogen gets to spread,” Jurke said.

Mobile soil can carry clubroot, whether it’s via wind, water, earth-tagged seed, and animal hooves or in hay or straw bales.

Clubroot survives animal digestion and can be transported in manure.

Manitoba farmers should look for the disease in hopes of finding it first in an isolated patch. It often shows up at a field entrance or water runway.

Agronomists say clubroot spread can be contained. file photo

“But if you don’t find it early, by the time you do when it starts causing an economic yield loss, it has already spread to your entire farming operation,” Jurke said.

High-pH soils are not immune to clubroot. Boron will prevent a plant from being infected but only at rates toxic to the plant, Jurke said.

Manitoba farmers have been expecting clubroot, said Bill Ross, executive manager of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association.

“It’s a big thing and it’s not a big thing,” he said. “Alberta has had clubroot for at least 10 years and we’ve learned a lot of things from them.”

The association is helping to fund government testing for clubroot, he said.

View a Canola Council of Canada video on clubroots’ life cycle at http://archive.canolacouncil.org/clubroot/about_clubroot.aspx. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Ombudsman turns to social media and web to promote freedom-of-information access September 23 to 28 was Right to Know Week in Canada

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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he Manitoba ombudsman has posted how-to videos on YouTube to show citizens how to access documents under the province’s freedomof-information law.

The office is also using Facebook to let people know about their privacy rights and to promote open, accessible, and transparent government.

“We’re trying to reach a different audience,” said Mel Holley, the acting ombudsman.

“This was designed to reach people that we wouldn’t otherwise reach.”

His office will also make case summaries of its investigations into citizen complaints avail-

able online rather than wait until its annual report is issued.

“If you have a case that involves a municipal council and you’ve reached a finding in February 2013, the annual report doesn’t come out to 2014,” said Holley. “We’re trying to keep up and make current information available almost in real time.”

In 2012, there were a total of 69 complaints received by his office, with about a quarter coming from outside Winnipeg. Increasingly, citizen groups are seeking documents issued by local governments, Holley said.

“We see more organized groups than we used to,” he said. “We used to see individuals. Now that seems to be a small local group or coalition.”

Public relations consultant Shirley Muir is getting more calls from municipal leaders looking for ways to better communicate with the public.

Many are “woefully behind the times when it comes to using communications tools,” said Muir, president of Winnipeg-based The PR House, adding some councils don’t even post meeting minutes on their websites.

Instead, councils should be getting out in front and letting their citizens know about projects or policies well in advance of their implementation, Muir said.

“They often fail to see the connection between getting citizen support for a major initiative and having actu-

“We’re trying to keep up and make current information available almost in real time.”

Mel Holley

Acting provincial ombudsman

ally communicated that idea to the community well in advance of needing their support.”

The mayors of Selkirk, Brandon, and Portage la Prairie joined Holley in one video (released during last week’s Right to Know Week) to send the message that getting more information in the hands of citizens makes government more effective.

“The more we know about the basis for those decisions and the rationale behind them, the better we are to engage in that debate,” Holley said.

Links to the videos are at w w w. o m b u d s m a n . m b. c a , along with a user’s guide to the provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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

Oct. 5: Roland Pumpkin Fair. Call 204-343-2314 or email artcam@ gmail.com.

Oct. 9-10: National Farm Animal Care Conference, Hilton Garden Inn, 2400 Alert Rd., Ottawa. For more info visit www.nfacc.ca/con ferences or call 403-932-1877.

Oct. 22: Fields on Wheels Conference: Climate Change and Grain Transportation, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit umanitoba.ca/faculties/manage ment/ti/2610.html or email trans port_institute@umanitoba.ca.

Oct. 31-Nov. 2: Manitoba Livestock Expo, Brandon. Call 204726-3590 or visit www.brandonfairs.com.

Nov. 5-7: Cereals North America conference, Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Pl., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.cerealsnortha merica.com.

Nov. 7-9: Dairy Sheep Association of North America symposium, Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre, 700 Hespeler Rd., Cambridge, Ont. For more info visit www.dsana.org.

Nov. 17-19: Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference, Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave. W., Portage la Prairie. For more info visit www.manitobafarmwomen sconference.ca.

Nov. 20: Canadian Association of Farm Advisors (CAFA) “Current & Connected” conference, Heritage Centre, 100 Heritage Trail, Niverville.

For more info call 1-877-474-2871 or visit www.cafanet.com.

Dec. 3-5: GrowCanada Conference, Hyatt Regency, 700 Centre St. SE, Calgary. For more info visit www.growcanadaconfer ence.ca/2013.

Dec. 9-11: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association conference, Pomeroy Inn and Suites, Olds College, 4601-46th Ave., Olds, Alta.

For more info call 204-726-9393 or visit www.canadianfga.ca/ events/current-events/.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Russell weighs in at Beef and Barley Festival Russell’s Big Beefy Weigh-In spurs local residents to eat better and get fitter

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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t isn’t the weight of grain or livestock being verified by the numbers on the scale at a local elevator at Russell’s Beef and Barley Days next week.

It’s the combined weight of Russell townsfolk hoping to bag a $500 prize for shedding a few pounds among them.

“We have 50 people taking part, which we’re really happy about.”

Gillian Potter

Co-chair of Russell’s 2013 Beef and Barley Festival photo: thinkstock

Five-member teams of friends and co-workers have signed up for the Big Beefy Weigh-In, a five-week challenge and new event introduced this year at the town’s annual Beef and Barley Festival which kicks off Oct. 7.

Since Sept. 3 when participating teams first stepped up to be weighed on the familyowned elevator scale at Fairfield Land ’N Cattle, they’ve been collectively lunging and crunching and conscientiously munching on healthy snacks to drop a few pounds.

Russell’s festival committee was presented with the idea by a local resident who’d heard a similar event went over well in Esterhazy, Sask., said Gillian Potter, co-chair of the 2013 festival and member of the

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Russell residents clearly liked the idea of this teamand health-focused activity, said Potter. They signed up 10 teams of five right away.

“We have 50 people taking part, which we’re really happy about,” she said.

People were attracted to the idea because it enables them to support friends, family and co-workers to adopt and enjoy a generally healthier lifestyle together, she said.

The teams have gathered every Tuesday since their early-September weigh-in for coaching, motivation and fitness advice offered by local fitness company The Living Room Studio, the event’s co-sponsor alongside Fairfield Land ’N Cattle.

Weight lost lessens the load of their team, but no one is asked to reveal how much they lose individually.

“So you have people rooting for you to help you create a better lifestyle. But no one is singled out.”

People are evidently having lots of fun with this too.

“Let’s just say some teams are trying to sabotage others. For instance, another team sent us (the RBC team) doughnuts the other day. People are really getting into the spirit of this,” Potter said.

They are even considering adding a ‘maintenance division’ to the challenge so participants can earn points towards a prize for maintaining a healthy weight.

“Because it’s not always about weight loss,” Potter said. “Sometimes it’s about maintaining where you are and being physically active.

“I can see this evolve over the next couple of Beef and Barleys to get more and more people maintaining a healthy lifestyle.”

This is the 41st year for Russell’s Beef and Barley Festival in Russell, a local October celebration of the region’s dual agricultural traditions of grain farming and cattle ranching. The week’s events run October 7 to October 13. More information about the Beef and Barley Festival is found at www.beefandbarley.ca. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

September 27, 2013

Feeder prices remain steady on expected large crops

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 72.00 - 76.00 D3 Cows 66.00 - 73.00 Bulls 83.00 - 91.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 - 138.00 (801-900 lbs.)

130.00 - 150.00 (701-800 lbs.)

140.00 - 155.00 (601-700 lbs.)

145.00 - 163.00 (501-600 lbs.)

145.00 - 166.00 (401-500 lbs.)

155.00 - 180.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 - 123.50 (801-900 lbs.)

120.00 - 135.00 (701-800 lbs.)

125.00 - 144.25 (601-700 lbs.)

128.00 - 143.00 (501-600 lbs.)

125.00 - 135.00 (401-500 lbs.)

125.00 - 141.00 Alberta South 119.50 118.70 - 119.50 72.00 - 83.00 64.00 - 75.00 — $ 130.00 - 141.00 135.00 - 150.00 140.00 - 157.00 146.00 - 163.00 155.00 - 174.00 170.00 - 191.00 $ 121.00 - 131.00 124.00 - 136.00 127.00 - 141.00 130.00 - 144.00 134.00 - 150.00 141.00 - 160.00

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Futures (September 27, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change October 2013 127.70 1.78 December 2013 131.57 1.85 February 2014 133.32 1.90 April 2014 134.30 1.78 June 2014 128.50 1.70 August 2014 127.05 0.95

Feeder Cattle September 2013 October 2013 November 2013 January 2014 March 2014 April 2014

Cattle Slaughter

Attracted by a faltering loonie, U.S. buyers return

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Close 159.55 164.37 165.15 164.05 162.87 163.00

Change 2.40 5.00 5.13 4.08 3.12 2.90

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Previous September 21, 2013 Year­ Canada 56,692 51,642 East 12,045 12,923 West 44,647 38,719 Manitoba NA NA U.S. 633,000 626,000

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Week Ending September 21, 2013 537 24,983 20,783 1,204 1,352 7,194 281

Previous Year 348 24,602 19,281 1,098 1,356 3,886 435

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Current Week 187.00E 173.00E 181.84 185.32

Futures (September 27, 2013) in U.S. Hogs October 2013 December 2013 February 2014 April 2014 May 2014

Last Week 186.24 172.39 180.31 181.12

Close 92.80 87.72 89.25 89.75 93.25

Last Year (Index 100) 144.21 132.92 130.04 129.04

Change 1.30 0.42 0.48 1.80 1.55

Other Market Prices Winnipeg (740 head) (wooled fats) — Next Sale is October 2 — —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 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 September 29, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.005 Undergrade .............................. $1.915 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.990 Undergrade .............................. $1.890 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.990 Undergrade .............................. $1.890 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.910 Undergrade............................... $1.825 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

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attle volume on auction yards across Manitoba continued to pick up during the week ended Sept. 27, as harvest continues to progress and pasture conditions decline.

According to Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ Sept. 23 weekly crop report, despite rainfall that slowed combining, harvest across the province is well underway.

The report also said cattle are being moved to fall pastures and areas with harvested crop stubble.

Dave Nickel of Gladstone Auction Mart said cattle volume doubled from 403 on Sept. 17 to 863 on Sept. 24. Yearlings will continue to be marketed for the near term, he added.

“I think we’re going to see another couple of weeks of yearlings coming in and then I think volume will start tapering off,” he said, noting the calf run is just around the corner. “Yeah, I think calf numbers are going to be steady this fall.”

Feeder cattle prices continued steady, and with expectations of ample feed grain, a decline is not expected, Nickel said.

The biggest factor for low feed grain prices has been the U.S. corn crop. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the crop is expected to be the largest on record, which has led to prices deteriorating over the summer and into the fall.

At the close on Sept. 27, the December corn contract on the Chicago Board of Trade was at US$4.54 per bushel — significantly lower than the $8/bu.-and-higher prices seen last year.

The story is the same for western Canadian barley prices. As of Sept. 27, Lethbridge barley was worth C$147.73 per tonne, compared to $226.06 per tonne at the same time last year.

“Feeder prices were fairly strong this week, and I think they’re going to stay where they are,” Nickel said, adding that butcher prices should also remain fairly steady for the time being.

Prices for butcher cows “seemed to be steady, but I can see it may be tapering off in a little bit as

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people start cleaning out the pastures and moving their cattle around.”

Manitoba cattle again ended up moving east, west and into the U.S. over the past week, which is not unusual for this time of the year.

Helping U.S. buyers has been an up-and-down Canadian dollar. After strengthening the previous week amid news that the U.S. Federal Reserve decided not to slow its monetary stimulus in September, the value of the loonie against its U.S. counterpart weakened, making Manitoba’s cattle market more enticing to U.S. buyers.

At the close on Sept. 27, the Canadian dollar was worth US97.06 cents, down from the previous Wednesday’s close of 97.83.

However, despite the importance of the dollar, Nickel said the key factor remains the price of grain.

“I don’t know if the Canadian dollar will be a big issue this year,” he said. “It’s going to be more what prices of feed are going to be and how much is available.

“They’re expecting big crops, so I understand feed grain prices have already dropped, so I expect that cattle prices would stay steady and possibly pick up a bit.”

Heading into the winter, Nickel said, while forage supplies vary from area to area, most growers should have enough to last them through the Manitoba winter.

“It depends from area to area, because some are doing all right and some don’t have as big of forage supplies as they would have hoped for,” he said. “Our area is average. I don’t think there will be an issue with supply over the winter.”

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

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Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

“I think we’re going to see another couple of weeks of yearlings coming in.”

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Ontario $ 106.21 - 126.53 104.37 - 125.60 53.75 - 79.28 53.75 - 79.28 76.67 - 94.16 $ 130.87 - 151.52 138.13 - 156.42 134.04 - 163.89 129.66 - 173.33 138.12 - 182.97 148.94 - 193.75 $ 117.32 - 131.27 119.75 - 138.98 115.23 - 144.96 121.84 - 154.49 122.33 - 161.95 127.38 - 171.86

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(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.)

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$1 Cdn: $ .9709 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0300 Cdn.

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(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

EXCHANGES: September 27, 2013

Toronto 69.31 - 95.88 128.90 - 160.04 178.39 - 194.20 174.54 - 194.52 142.25 - 201.03 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 30.00

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective June 12, 2011.

New Previous A Extra Large $1.8500 $1.8200 A Large 1.8500 1.8200 A Medium 1.6700 1.6400 A Small 1.2500 1.2200 A Pee Wee 0.3675 0.3675 Nest Run 24 + 1.7490 1.7210 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Winnipeg (120 head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids — 155.36 - 247.36 Billys — — Mature — 105.53 - 228.96

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 19.00 - 22.50 21.29 - 27.41

Smithfield shareholders OK sale to China’s Shuanghui reuters / Smithfield Foods shareholders have approved the pork giant’s $4.7-billion sale to Shuanghui International Holdings in what is shaping up as the biggest acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm.

The deal, valued at $7.1 billion including debt, aims to satisfy China’s increasing appetite for pork. It faced scrutiny over China’s highprofile food safety failures, concerns over U.S. pork

supplies, and U.S. national security.

But last month, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment cleared the way for the deal, and shareholders subsequently voted 96 per cent in favour.

Feedlot numbers hit a 17-year low chicago / reuters / The number of cattle in U.S. feedlots in August fell 11 per cent from a year earlier to their lowest level for that month in 17 years.

Multi-year drought that drove up feed costs was the

main culprit, but the high cost of young cattle is adding to the hurt, even as corn prices fall.

August placements were at 1.788 million head, compared with 2.007 million a year earlier — a decline much greater than most analysts were expecting.

The number is “shockingly low,” said John Ginzel, an analyst with Linn Group.

Pastures recovering from drought may have also kept cattle out of feedlots, he said.

“Most ranchers and farmers hate to see grass go to waste because it doesn’t generate revenue for them,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Last Week

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Watch for opportunity in canola market bounces CNSC

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Sept. 27, as the market managed to see a bit of a short-covering recovery off of its recent lows. Harvest pressure and large Canadian crop prospects will likely keep the overall path of least resistance lower in the near term, which should make any bounces (like the one seen this week) a good selling opportunity.

As yield reports come in from across the Prairies, some industry participants now predict a 17-million-tonne canola crop.

If true, that would easily be a new record, as the country has never even grown a 15-million-tonne crop before. End-user demand may be there for those large supplies, but the exporters and domestic crushers will have little incentive to pay up given the sheer abundance.

Canada isn’t the only place with ample oilseed supplies this year. While concerns over hot and dry Midwestern weather conditions have propped up the U.S. soybean market over the past month, current U.S. Department of Agriculture production forecasts still place production at about the fourth highest on record. Early yield reports are generally beating expectations and many private forecasts are starting to come in above the 3.15 billion bushels USDA now predicts.

Brazil and Argentina both had large soybean crops of their own in 2013-14, and farmers in South America are expected to continue to expand their seeded acreage to the crop.

Palm oil is the world’s biggest vegetable oil crop, and large supplies have seen Malaysian palm oil prices drift down toward their weakest levels in four years over the past few months.

Looking at the total world oilseed picture, USDA currently predicts total world oilseed supplies (production plus carryin) for 2013-14 at 564.76 million tonnes, which would be 26 million tonnes (or two years’ worth of average Canadian can-

Year Ago

Wheat

Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

249.19

241.38

314.31

Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

266.18

260.30

335.90

Coarse Grains

Sure, demand will be strong, but supply may be massive Phil Franz-Warkentin

Week Ago

Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

179.82

180.91

281.99

Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

206.52

202.31

238.78

oilseeds

For three-times-daily market reports from Commodity News Service Canada, visit “Today in Markets” at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

483.77

492.13

577.09

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

921.47

941.76

1,149.03

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business September 27, 2013 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

October 2013

158.30

158.30

December 2013

161.30

161.30

March 2014

163.30

163.30

Last Week

Week Ago

November 2013

484.00

484.00

January 2014

493.30

493.80

March 2014

500.60

502.00

Canola

ola production) above the previous year.

World vegetable oil supplies in 2013-14 are forecast at 186.56 million tonnes, an eight-million-tonne increase from the previous year.

In U.S. futures markets, soybeans and corn both ended the week with small advances in the most active contracts, with chart-based buying and fresh export demand behind some of the strength.

However, harvest operations are in their early stages for both crops and seasonal pressures are expected to limit nearby upside potential for the time being.

Wheat, meanwhile, saw a big jump during the week, with all three contracts posting solid gains. Kansas City hard red winter wheat contracts (now traded in Chicago) posted the largest advances, with the December contract actually moving above the equivalent Minneapolis futures. Good export demand for U.S. wheat provided the catalyst for the jump higher. Some stops were uncovered on the way up, which only exaggerated the gains.

However, just as Canada’s canola crop is expected to be record large, estimates on wheat production are also rising. Statistics Canada releases updated production estimates on Friday (Oct. 4) and the all-wheat number is generally expected to come in above the already large 30.5-million-tonne crop predicted earlier this year. Canada last grew over 30 million tonnes of wheat over 20 years ago, in 1991.

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

Special Crops Report for September 30, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

22.50 - 23.50

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

20.50 - 22.50

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

15.25 - 18.75

22.75 - 24.00 —

Desi Chickpeas

21.40 - 22.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

9.80 - 10.00

Fababeans, large

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Medium Yellow No. 1

6.40 - 7.25

Feed beans

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Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

39.00 - 40.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

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5.00 - 8.60

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

62.00 - 62.00

Yellow No. 1

36.75 - 38.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

50.00 - 50.00

Brown No. 1

34.75 - 37.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

37.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

39.00 - 40.00

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

— 40.00 - 42.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

19.60

19.45

32.00* Call for details

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Report for September 30, 2013 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

briefs

Canadian dollar could soon hit par with American greenback

By Brandon Logan commodity news service canada

The Canadian dollar reached a three-month high recently, reversing recent losses following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision not to slow its monetary stimulus.

In the near term, the loonie could reach par with the U.S. dollar, said Shaun Osborne, TD Securities’ chief FX strategist.

“Par to $1.04 (US96 cents) is the range over the course of the next one or two months,” he said.

While the Fed is still expected to slow its monetary stimulus at some

point, Osborne said he’s not sure how it will affect the Canadian dollar, because tapering could be faster or slower than previously thought.

“It depends on what they do and when they do it,” he said. “We were looking for a US$10-billion taper this week and we didn’t get it. It’s difficult to say from here if that means tapering is going to wind up at a quicker pace if we’re still talking about the middle or latter part of next year to wind this thing up, or if the windup occurs over a longer time frame.”

In May, some predicted the Canadian dollar could fall to US90 cents by early 2014 and Osborne said that it is still possible.

“That might be on the cards from a longer-term point of view,” he

said. “The Fed still has to taper.

It’s just been delayed. So if that (a 90-cent loonie) was something people were looking for in 2014, you might see that pushed out to the latter part of next year, or the early part of 2015.”

Chinese wheat prices at record high as tight supply bites beijing / reuters / Chinese wheat prices have hit record peaks due to dwindling high-quality supplies and growing expectations state purchase prices will rise before the planting season begins this month.

Beijing, keen to encourage farmers to grow more wheat, is expected to announce an increase in the price it pays for grain. That could stoke Chinese demand for imported wheat, triggering another round of overseas purchases, analysts said.

China has already bought more than six million tonnes of U.S. wheat, mostly soft red winter wheat, as well as Australian grain after bad weather damaged domestic crops.

Prices for standard quality wheat reached 2,560 yuan (C$430) per tonne last week, making imports competitive even after tax and freight.

“Wheat supply in the market is pretty tight,” said Zhang Weiwei, an analyst with New Era Futures.

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

Good folks gathering over good grub

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Whether you call it the fall supper or the fowl supper, it is the season for feasting and fundraising in communities across the province

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he Co-operator’s Shannon VanRaes visited the community of Argyle to catch locals in the act of serving and enjoying their annual fall supper. Change the names, change the faces, but the images are the same across Manitoba every fall as community groups and churches serve up their finest while raising funds to continue operating.

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1: Argyle’s resident population is about 60 but it attracted 777 people to its annual fall supper.

Organizers cooked up 25 turkeys and 325 lbs. of potatoes.

2: No fall supper is complete without pumpkin pie.

3: Young volunteers, Bryn (l) and Abby keep guests hydrated during the Argyle fall supper. About 700 people came out to the event for a full turkey dinner.

4: People chat with friends, neighbours and visitors while waiting to be seated at the Argyle fall supper.

Dozens of such events are held in communities across the province each year.

5: Diners catch up with friends and neighbours during Argyle’s fall supper.

6: People pile plates high with turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and other fixings during the September 22, Argyle fall supper. Dozens of such events are held across the province each year.

7: Dishwashing is a full-time job at the Argyle fall supper, held at the village’s community centre.

PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES

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RecipeSwap

Send your recipes or recipe request to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. ROG OJO or email: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

BEANS AND BARLEY:

a winning combo of colour, taste and nutrition Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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hat’s on your dinner plate these days? At our house we become near vegetarians this time of year, thanks to ample fresh garden produce still around. You hardly need recipes for it all; just lightly roast, steam or grill some of it, and dinner’s done.

We were eating lots of salad during those summer-like days of late September too.

Who wanted to turn on the stove and cook something hot during those gloriously warm afternoons?

Summer’s end — and possibly cooler weather’s arrival by now — doesn’t mean it’s all meat and potatoes from here on in, though. There are so many creative recipes available now for combining late-fall apples, dried cranberries and other fruits into so-called “winter salads.”

They’re beautiful and healthy-delicious too, thanks to ample use of beans and barley as chefs and cooks discover creative new ways to prepare these Prairie-grown crops.

The Go Barley website of the Alberta Barley Commission — www.gobarley.com — recently launched a whole series of new recipes for using their healthy whole grain.

Barley, by the way, has an official stamp of approval from Health Canada for fibre content that’s proven to help lower blood cholesterol.

Pair some pulses with a barley-based recipe, Go Barley’s website points out, and you’ve created a particularly health-giving combo of plant-based protein with the benefits of a whole grain.

These salad recipes I’ve included this week will make you an entire meal if you have a lighter appetite, or serve as a perfect side dish for someone hungrier. If you’re looking for something else, you’ll find many more great recipes online that feature barley and pulses by visiting Alberta Barley Commission and Pulse Canada’s websites www.gobarley.com and www.pulsecanada.com.

Be sure to check out www.lentils.ca too.

There you’ll see the newest instalment of Lentils for Every Season. This is The Fall Collection 2013 and part of a series of recipes created by Canadian chef and cookbook author Michael Smith encouraging us to enjoy bountiful, budget-friendly lentils year round.

RECIPE SWAP If you have a recipe or a column suggestion please write to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email Lorraine Stevenson at: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Zucchini, Bean And Almond Salad 1/2 c. slivered almonds 2 c. vegetable broth 1 c. pot or pearl barley 1 (398-ml) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 large red bell pepper, diced 3/4 c. diced zucchini 1/3 c. diced green onions 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper

Spread almonds evenly on an ungreased baking pan. Bake at 350 F (180 C) for 10 minutes or until golden brown, stirring once or twice to ensure even browning.

In a medium saucepan, bring vegetable broth to a boil and stir in barley. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook for 30 minutes; drain and cool. In a large salad bowl, place drained kidney beans, diced pepper, zucchini, green onions and cooled barley. Blend oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and drizzle over salad; toss well. Garnish with toasted almonds.

Makes 8 servings.

Recipe source: Alberta Barley Commission/ www.gobarley.com

Barley And Lentil Salad With Kale, Apples, Almonds And Feta 1/2 c. dry green lentils 1/2 c. pearl or pot barley 1 garlic clove, finely grated or crushed (optional) 2 - 3 c. finely chopped kale or spinach, tough stems discarded 1 tart apple, cored and diced 1/2 c. crumbled feta 1/4 c. finely chopped purple onion 1/3 c. canola oil 2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. white wine or rice vinegar 2 tsp. grainy mustard 1 tsp. honey or sugar 1/3 c. chopped toasted almonds To taste - salt and freshly ground black pepper

In a large saucepan of boiling water, cook the lentils and barley, along with a clove of garlic (optional), for 20 minutes, or until tender. Drain well, discarding the garlic, and set aside to cool completely. Once the lentils and barley are cool, add the kale, apple, feta, and purple onion. To make the dressing, whisk remaining (except almonds) ingredients together in a small bowl or shake them all up in a jar. Pour over the salad and toss to combine. Top with almonds just before serving.

Serves 6.

Recipe source: www.lentils.ca

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Black Bean Barley Salad 2 tsp. canola oil 1/2 c. pot or pearl barley 2 c. vegetable stock or water 1 (540-ml) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 small yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced 8 cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 c. corn kernels 1/4 c. chopped chives 3 tbsp. lime juice 1/4 c. olive oil 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper Lettuce 1/4 c. shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese

In a medium saucepan, heat oil. Add barley and sauté for three minutes. Add vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook for 30 minutes; drain and cool. In a large bowl, combine cooked barley, beans, yellow pepper, tomatoes, corn and chives. In a small bowl, combine lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper; pour over barley mixture and toss. Serve on lettuce topped with shredded cheese.

Makes 6 servings.

Recipe source: Alberta Barley Commission/ www.gobarley.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Transplant rhubarb now If you want to establish a new plant now is the time to do it

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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lthough we usually get most excited about harvesting tender rhubarb stalks during the spring and early summer, this venerable plant keeps producing edible stalks during the entire growing season; I pulled a bunch of stalks in late September to chop up for freezing — the stalks were still firm and crisp and of good quality.

When harvesting rhubarb it is best to pull the stalks off the plant rather than cutting them off, which leaves stubs, that will eventually rot.

Late September and the first two weeks of October are good times to transplant rhubarb and a new patch can be created by taking a piece of an existing plant. The soil is still warm in October and the plant will become well established before the soil cools off, which might not happen until well into November.

Rhubarb has a large, tough, woody root ball so transplanting an existing clump, particularly if it has been in place for several years, can be challenging. You will need a sturdy shovel and perhaps even an axe. I have known farmers who have used a front-end loader to coax a rhubarb root ball out of the ground.

If you are establishing a new rhubarb patch for some reason — perhaps the old one has become weed infested or doesn’t suit the garden any longer because it is located in the wrong spot — it is best to take pieces of the clump from around the outside rather than trying to move the whole clump. Slice a piece off the side of the clump with a sharp spade, ensuring that you get a good piece of root attached to the section you are removing. Leave the stalks on the division you are planting although if they snap off during the planting process it will not be the end of the world if you have to cut them off.

Plant the rhubarb in soil that is deeply dug, rich in humus and in a location that drains well. Rhubarb does not like its roots to be constantly wet. It will not perform well if it is planted in much shade, so a sunny location is best.

Do not plant the division any deeper than it was planted originally. Cover the division with soil and firm the soil around the plant. Water the newly planted rhubarb thoroughly, allowing the water to seep away. Add a bit more soil if necessary. Over the next couple of weeks, give the newly established plant a weekly drink if the weather stays dry. Next spring, you will wait in eager anticipation for tender stalks to emerge from your newly planted rhubarb plant, but it is best not to harvest stalks from the plant for the first year so you might like to keep the old patch going for another year while your new one gets established.

Albert Parsons write from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Now is the time to create a new patch from an existing rhubarb plant. photo: ALBERT PARSONS

Breakfasts and after-school snacks As we settle in to a new school year let’s aim for healthy food

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

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uring the summer I spent the better part of a week with kids at a 4-H camp, where I had the opportunity to teach and interact with about 50 high-energy eightto 12-year-olds. The kids had no access to TVs, cellphones or electronic games, just lots of fresh air, exercise, learning activities and hearty meals.

The kids played hard and ate well. The adults were “played out” by the end of camp.

Every morning, the camp cook made a big pot of oldfashioned oatmeal in addition to the scrambled eggs, pancakes or other main breakfast dish of the day.

I admit I was skeptical when I saw the oatmeal bubbling on the stove. Would the kids eat it? To my surprise and approval, many of the campers ate the heart-healthy hot cereal every day. I did, too.

One day, I showed the campers how to make apple leather and dried apples. After it dried, I set out two bowls of fruit leather and dried fruit.

Within a short time, they devoured the naturally sweet, dried fruit.

The kids participated in a “healthy cabin challenge” in which the children tracked their water, fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and other behaviours on a chart posted on the wall of their cabins. I learned that a little peer pressure to be healthy worked quite well.

As a new school year is underway, it’s a good time for parents and kids to think

about breakfast and school snacks. Here are some questions and answers about breakfast and snacks that apply to children and adults.

Q: We never have time for breakfast. Is it really that important?

A: Eating breakfast helps children and adults concentrate better. Children do better in school when they eat breakfast. Try some time-saving strategies. Set the table the night before. Put the cereal box on the table. If you want a heartier breakfast, such as pancakes, measure the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients in the morning. Many schools have breakfast programs that provide a balanced meal to fuel children for learning. Check if your local school does.

Q: I’m trying to lose some weight. Will skipping breakfast help?

A: Skipping breakfast may lead to overeating later in the day. Breakfast skippers usually more than make up for the 300 or so calories skipped in the morning. Enjoy foods from two or three food groups, such as fruit, milk and grain, for breakfast. A protein-rich food, such as an egg, helps combat hunger pangs later in the morning.

Q: My kids are always snacking. Isn’t this bad for them?

A: Growing children need snacks. Well-chosen snacks add variety to the diet and

To save time, mix the dry ingredients for waffles or pancakes the night before, then add the wet ingredients in the morning. photo: thinkstock

keep children and adults fuelled for school or work.

C h i l d re n’s s t o m a c h s a re smaller, so they need to eat more frequently. Eating smaller, more frequent meals is a good idea for adults, too.

Fresh fruits and vegetables always are healthy choices.

For boxed snacks, be a comparison shopper and get the most nutritional value for your money. Read and compare the Nutrition Facts labels. Use “Per cent Daily Value” when you compare foods. A food with five per cent or less of the daily value is considered “low” in that nutrient. A food product

with 20 per cent or more of the daily value is considered “high” in that nutrient.

Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

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Check out the Stonewall area From Quarry Park to Interpretive Centre, sandy beach to walking trails, there’s much to see and do

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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f y o u ’r e l o o k i n g f o r another Manitoba tr ip this year, why not try the Stonewall region? My husband and I travelled there this summer, and recommend it to anyone interested i n Ma n i t o b a’s h i s t o r y o r geology.

Most of your time could well be spent at the Stonewall Quarry Park on the north side of town, the area where, in past years, limestone was quarried and processed into quicklime.

For decades, the quarries were the dominant industry of the region, and the abandoned kilns which dominate the skyline still stand as a reminder of Stonewall’s past. ( This history is celebrated each August with Quarr y Days.)

Quarry Park, developed by the town of Stonewall, first opened in 1985 but over the years many new features have been added. The park now covers about 80 acres, and includes a large camp ground (more than 160 sites), a nearby man-made lake, walking trails and a total of nine baseball diamonds. The newest feature is the Heritage Arts Centre which opened in 2011 (after a fire destroyed the original interpretive centre in 2007). Inside this impressive new building we found an Interpretive Centre and the Sunova Auditorium (used for receptions, reunions, corporate events etc.), as well as several multi-purpose rooms, and administrative offices.

What interested us most in this building was the Interpretive Centre. Plan to spend an hour or so there

The Draw Kilns still stand as a reminder of the past. GAMACHE PHOTOS

to learn about the history of the region. Interactive displays describe the long-ago geological past and the more recent human activity which began in 1882 after limestone outcroppings were discovered.

In the beginning there were several family-owned quarries but by 1923 they were all owned by Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company. At times more than 100 men were employed at the quarries. By the late 1960s, however, as the lower layers of limestone were reached, iron minerals in these layers resulted in an inferior product. This led to the quarry operations being closed in 1968.

The main product of the q u a r r i e s w a s q u i c k l i m e, a fine white powder with a multitude of uses in construction and agriculture.

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Looking under the swath, the coyote finds a tasty mouse. PHOTOS: CINDY MURRAY

Enjoy a stroll on the walking trails.

The lime powder was produced 24 hours a day, seven days a week, when the demand was greatest. ‘Fresh’ powder is a corrosive chemical, so workers used protective clothing and bandanas

over their mouths, working long, hard hours.

We also spent time looking over the lists of uses for the lime. These seemed innumerable: construction uses, such as on the Manitoba leg-

islature and in drywall and stucco; industrial uses such as in refining petroleum products, treating industrial sludge and fighting acid rain; medical uses such as in calamine lotion; food uses such as in powdered milk; and agricultural uses such as in treating soils. There’s also many interesting fossils in the slabs of stone on display.

Outside the Heritage Arts Centre are the Quarry Park H i k i n g Tr a i l s w h e r e w e enjoyed a short stroll. We picked up a brochure with a map at the Interpretive Centre, which provided further information about the quarry’s history and operations. The Pot Kilns (also called Periodic Kilns) were operated from 1882 to the early 1900s but were inefficient, so the Draw Kilns were completed by 1904. Features to look for as you walk include the Pot Kilns, the dynamite shack, the Draw Kilns and the lime pile.

Be sure to check out the nearby Kinsmen Lake, too, even if it’s not swimming weather. There is a fee to swim, but the attendants allowed us to step inside to snap photos of the turquoise waters and beautiful sand beaches which surround the lake.

Once you’ve explored Quarry Park, you may want to look around Stonewall at some of the many buildings constructed of limestone — including the old post office and the CIBC building. Or check out some of the other green spaces such as the Helen Montgomery Park and the Memory Garden. This area should provide enough to interest you for an enjoyable trip.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

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CROPS Improved genetics, biotechnology seen as solution to production challenges Monsanto’s head of plant breeding envisions variable genetics within a field

By Jennifer Blair STAFF / CALGARY

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xtreme weather, pests, disease — it may sound like something straight out of the Bible, but these are real problems facing producers across the globe today, and they require solutions soon, says Monsanto’s vicepresident of global plant breeding.

“We tend to think about 2030 or 2050, but I think we also need to keep in mind the problems are real now,” Samuel Eathington told the Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) earlier this month. “Even if you look at just the next 10 years, the amount of increase in meat and grain production that needs to occur to meet the demand is not insignificant. It is a challenge that we need to figure out how to solve.”

A key challenge is learning to do more with fewer resources, Eathington said. His projections show a 40 per cent gap between the water needed in the future and available today, and another 65 million to 85 million hectares needed to meet the demands of the next 10 years. As a result, driving productivity on a peracre basis will be critical.

But Eathington said several conditions are coming together to drive down productivity. Instances of extreme weather are increasing and nighttime temperatures are also increasing, as are winter temperatures.

“We’re going to have to adapt our crops to grow and change with these conditions,” said Eathington. But even if crops are bred for maximum yield potential, pests and diseases continue to chip away at yield. “Today, we already see that a lot of these pests are robbing up to 10 per cent of the productivity in our crops. That’s projected to continue to grow.”

Genomics key

Eathington said improved breeding technology is needed to address the challenge.

“Genomics really is what drives a lot of the current genetic gain that we see in our products,” said Eathington. “As these problems continue to spread around the world, you really need to access the genetics and germplasm of different parts of the world to create the right combination of these genes to solve the problems you’re facing.”

This improved access to germplasm has allowed breeding programs to create lines that are better adapted to local growing conditions. “ Yo u t e s t a n d g r o w a n d e v a l u ate those products in the environment

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y o u’re t r y i n g t o p o s i t i o n t h e m i n t o,” Eathington said.

He pointed to improved nitrogen use efficiency in corn as an example of how breeding has reduced the resources needed for a crop.

In the 1970s, around 1.5 lbs. of nitrogen were needed for every bushel of corn produced.

Today, hybrids are producing that same bushel out of one lb. of nitrogen.

Water use efficiency has also improved.

Hybrids from the 1960s yielded six bushels per inch of water, while hybrids today yield almost 10 bushels with the same inch.

“These crops are getting a lot more efficient at taking up and using the water that’s available to them. Driving that productivity means less land per bushel of corn.”

Improved breeding

“As a plant breeder, there’s really been a pretty dramatic change in how we do plant breeding,” said Eathington. “This is what’s enabling us to drive crop yields faster and drive this adaptation quicker.”

Traditionally, plant breeding has been done

in the field through individual plant selection, but in some crop types, that process is rapidly being replaced by genomics, allowing breeding organizations to get new varieties to growers quickly and at less cost.

“All of a sudden, a plant breeder can do his selection at the seed stage,” Eathington said.

“A breeder can now say, ‘Of all the seeds I could plant, here’s the ones I want to plant.’ That really changes your selection ability and your power, whether it’s for quantitative traits like yield or qualitative traits like disease resistance.”

And agronomics are equally important in Eathington’s mind. “We have historically planted our crops at a standing rate, but there’s a tremendous amount of variation in those fields. We really should be planting those crops at different plant densities across the field. We really should be using variable nitrogen rate across the field. We should be — ultimately, down the road — putting different genetics within those fields.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Harvesting, drying, storing corn could be challenging this year This year’s crop suffered through everything from drought to excess moisture conditions, which could lead to more variability in the crop NDSU release

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ariability in moisture content and maturity will create corn drying and storage challenges this year, a North Dakota State University grain-drying expert warns.

“There are variations within regions and even within fields due to availability of moisture,” extension service agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang says.

“Many fields have areas that are totally brown but also have areas that are still green and growing.

In those green spots, test weights

and moisture contents will be high, while in the brown spots, test weight will be lighter and moisture contents much lower.”

Drought conditions stress the corn crop, leading to weak stalks and shanks. Weak stalks contribute to “downed” corn due to wind or other forces, and weak shanks contribute to “ear drop” and large field losses.

Hellevang recommends checking the condition of the corn in the field and possibly harvesting early to minimize losses even though areas of the field may be at higher moisture contents.

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Drought conditions also lead to larger-than-normal in-field corn moisture content variations.

Moisture content may range from 15 to 25 per cent in the same field due to soil variations or other contributing factors.

Kernel moisture content, size and density or test weight likely will vary on an individual cob as well. Drought stress leads to small kernels on part of the cob and large kernels on other parts of the cob. Even the larger kernels may have a lower test weight due to the plant stress.

Corn moisture variation in a field means that adjusting the combine for conditions will be difficult, and that may contribute to more fines in the corn. Also, more fines are produced when corn is wet because more aggressive shelling is required, which causes more kernel cracking and breaking.

Small and shrivelled

In addition, immature corn contains more small and shrivelled kernels. Fines cause storage problems because they spoil faster than whole kernels, have high airflow resistance and accumulate in high concentrations under the fill hole unless a spreader or distributor is used.

Preferably, the corn should be cleaned before binning to remove fine material, cob pieces and broken kernels. Corn reaching maturity about Oct. 1 may be slow to dry due to cooler temperatures.

Standing corn in the field may dry about 1.5 to three percentage points per week during October and one to 1.5 or less per week during November, assuming normal North Dakota weather conditions.

If corn has a moisture content of 35 per cent on Oct. 1, it probably will dry to only about 25 per cent moisture on Nov. 1, assuming normal North Dakota climatic conditions. Field drying normally is more economical until midOctober, and mechanical hightemperature drying normally is more economical after that.

If the moisture content varies in corn going into a high-temperature dryer, it also will vary coming out of the dryer, Hellevang says. For example, if the moisture ranges from 15 to 25 per cent going into the dryer, it may range from 11 to 19 per cent coming out.

More mixing in the dryer will help reduce the moisture variation coming from the dryer. This moisture variation will affect storability and storage management greatly.

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Storage bags

Storage in a poly bag is a good temporary storage option, but it does not prevent mould growth or insect infestations. At moisture contents exceeding about 25 per cent, ensiling may occur at temperatures above freezing and prevent the corn from being dried and sold in the general market.

Select an elevated, welldrained location for the storage bags, and run the bags north and south so solar heating is similar on both sides of the bags. Wildlife can puncture the bags, creating an entrance for moisture and releasing the grain smell, which attracts more wildlife. Monitor the grain temperature at several locations in the bags.

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Run the fan longer than is required to cool the grain to even out the moisture content. The moisture may not equalize, but it will become more uniform. The moisture still may range from 14 to more than 16 per cent.

Corn above 21 per cent moisture should not be dried using natural-air and low- temperature drying to minimize corn spoilage during drying. Because the drying capacity is extremely poor at temperatures below 35 to 40°, little drying may be possible during the fall using a natural-air system if the harvest is later in the fall.

Adding heat does not permit drying wetter corn and only slightly increases drying speed.

The primary effect of adding heat is to reduce the corn moisture content. Turn fans off during extended rain, fog or snow to minimize the amount of moisture moved into the bin by the fan.

Using the maximum drying temperature that will not damage the corn increases the dryer capacity and reduces energy consumption of a high-temperature dryer. Be aware that excessively high drying temperatures may result in a lower final test weight and increased breakage susceptibility. In addition, as the drying time increases, high-moisture corn becomes more susceptible to browning.

Grain segregates based on size and density as it flows into a bin or container. Generally, the smaller and denser material will accumulate in the centre and the larger material flows to the perimeter of the bin. Therefore, areas of wet corn and variations in test weight are possible in a bin. Using a distributor or “coring” the bin may reduce the accumulation of smaller material in the centre of the bin.

The storage life of stressed low-test-weight corn is expected to be shorter than normal, so farmers need to be more diligent with drying and storage management. Hellevang suggests drying low-test-weight and stressed corn a percentage lower in moisture content than normal because of greater variations of moisture content in the grain mass and increased kernel damage and broken cobs, which could magnify storage mould problems.

Corn with damage to the seed coat and immature corn has a shorter storage life than mature, good-quality corn. Therefore, cooling the grain in storage to about 20 to 25° for winter storage in northern corn-growing regions and near freezing in warmer regions is more important than for mature, sound corn. Hellevang also recommends checking the stored grain more frequently and not putting immature or damaged corn in long-term storage.

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Rainy days may advance disease in sunflower crop Disease levels are climbing, but a repeat of 2004’s head rot outbreak isn’t expected

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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anitoba’s sunflower producers are hoping to see more of t h e i r c r o p’s n a m e s a k e, a s wet weather hinders harvest preparations in some areas of the province.

“It’s been pretty good other than this weather we’ve got r i g h t n ow — we h a d ra i n here the other day, and again today, so we’re just waiting ’til we can get going again,” said Blair Woods, who has 380 acres of sunflowers near Elgin.

Most producers are still at the desiccation stage and h a ve n’t ye t b e g u n t o h a rvest their crop, said Devin To e w s , a v i c e - p r e s i d e n t with the National Sunflower Association.

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“It all depends on what the weather looks like... last year we took it off when it was basically snowing and it was still around 13 per cent.”

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t i o n s, d e s i c c a t i o n w i l l b e needed to help stop the spread of disease this fall, he said.

“So m e o f t h e f i e l d s a re starting to get some disease, and there is some concern about that,” Toews said.

“Head rot and sclerotinia, pretty much ever ything is coming in right now. It’s been so wet for the last month, it has infected a lot of fields.”

The last survey of Manitoba fields, done on Sept. 11, found one-third had signs of head rot, said Khalid Rashid at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Morden.

“But the incidence or severity was not very high,” he said.

“Maybe one to five per cent.”

That level of head rot is about normal, or even a little below normal, he added.

But weather can change that quickly.

“What happens sometimes is you get a small infection on the head but you are faced with dry weather so it does not develop,” said Rashid.

“Now if it gets wet and humid or muggy, a small tiny infection — given one or two weeks — might consume the whole head.”

That happened in 2004, when a wet September resulted in some fields having head rot rates as high as 90 per cent. “ T h o s e f i e l d s w e re j u s t plowed under,” said Rashid, adding it’s unlikely to happen this year despite rising disease levels.

Desiccation helps control disease, as well as hastening harvest, noted Toews.

“You can get away without desiccating, but you’ll probably be combining in December. It does speed up the drying and can kill the disease too, or stop the disease from spreading further,” said the MacGregor-area producer.

Ideally, moisture levels are around 10 per cent during harvest.

“We prefer to take it off dry,” Toews said. “But it all depends on what the weather looks like... last year, we took it off when it was basically snowing and it was still around 13 per cent.”

Toews, who planted 250 acres of confection sunflowers this year, expects Manitoba yields to be average and below 2012 levels.

“L a s t ye a r t h e y we re s o strong with how much heat we had, and yet no drought... and August was so dry we had no signs of disease either,” he said. “ T h e y ’r e l o o k i n g r e a l l y good,” said Woods. “We just have to get them in.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Biotechnology continues to change the face of Canada’s canola industry Herbicide tolerance and hybridization credited for current success of Canada’s canola industry

By Jennifer Blair staff / red deer

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aurice Delage says he only needs to look at his canola crop for proof of how biotechnology has helped his farm.

“It’s clear that the modern canola industry in Canada is really a direct result of biotechnology. Without the critical development that took place in the 1990s and the early 2000s, the canola industry as we know it today simply could not have existed in Canada,” said Delage in his address to the Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) in Calgary earlier this month.

The introduction of GM and hybrid canola has helped double canola acreage over the past 20 years, with almost 98 per cent now seeded to GM crops. Yields have followed suit. Alberta canola yields averaged 39.5 bu./ac. in 2011, a 12 bu./ac. increase over 2001.

Delage, who runs a 21,000acre operation near Indian Head, Sask., has seen even better results.

“Much of it has been driven by fertility and breeding. Our target yield is 60 bu./ac. this past year, and our five-year average is around 53 bu./ac. Right now, with around 75 per cent of our canola harvested, we’re around 67 bu./ac. These yields continue to rise.”

Delage credits two major breakthroughs for increasing canola production on his farm.

The first was the introduction of herbicide-tolerant systems in 1995. Delage said that before that, it was difficult to grow canola, because there was no broadspectrum weed control.

The same technology allowed the adoption of minimum tillage, Delage said.

“If there’s one crop in Canada that really benefited from minimum till, it was canola,” he said.

“This herbicide-tolerant system really allowed for minimum till to find a stronghold in canola production. It allowed for many more acres to be seeded, higher yields, and quick establishment of the crop.”

“No one was going to invest in these crushing plants unless they were sure of supply, and the only way that supply came to market was through the development of hybrids.”

Delage believes that growers would not have so readily adopted the technology if there hadn’t been a profit to be made with it.

“Profit really is the support for taking risks,” he said. “Farmers have adopted this technology very, very quickly because it was very obvious from the beginning that there was a strong economic incentive to do so.”

More with less

Biotechnology has also changed the way Delage views the future of his operation. “We believe in order for us to be fully competitive, we’re going to have to do more with less.

We’re going to have to keep driving down our unit cost of production in order to be successful long term. That’s where biotechnology has had a huge impact in terms of our on-farm business.”

And as new varieties are developed disease tolerance, higher oil content, improved oil profile and stress tolerance, yields, and profits will only continue to rise, Delage said.

“I see what’s happening with some of these breeding organizations, and I have all the confidence in the world that we’re going to be talking about 70- to 80-bushel canola yields over the next 20 years.”

That future is within reach for Delage. Some of this year’s fields have already averaged over 70 bu./ac., and harvest isn’t over on his farm.

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“If there’s one crop in Canada that really benefited from minimum till, it was canola.”

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already commercially in production and in the field, and have been for a year,” said Delage. “It’s not something that’s somewhere off in the distance. It’s not something that we’re hoping for. This stuff is here, or just around the corner.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

GM and hybrid technology are credited with the jump in Canadian canola yields.

Hybrid leap

The second breakthrough came several years later with the development of hybrid crops.

“This was a quantum leap, because it took an open-pollinated crop into a whole new era,” said Delage. “From one day to the next essentially, you were able to jump yields 25 to 30 per cent.”

With the increase in yields has come an increase in marketing opportunities as well. Canadian crushing capacity has tripled over the past decade, while canola oil exports have increased over five times over 10 years.

“That means we have two legs to stand on as producers,” Delage said. “As a producer, I now have two ways of marketing my canola, both of which can be very advantageous. We have a domestic crushing industry, which we sell to directly, but we also have this export market.”

Without biotechnology, this growth would not have been possible, says Delage.

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CROP REPORT

Rain showers slow harvest progress to a crawl Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives crop report for September 30, 2013 Weekly Provincial Summary

Harvest progress once again slowed over the past week due to rainfall.

Sp r i n g c e re a l s a n d c a n ola har vests are the most a d va n c e d , w i t h producers making progress on soybeans, edible beans, potatoes, flax, corn silage and greenfeed.

Sunflower and grain corn harvest has yet to start.

Fall field work, including tillage, baling of straw, and soil testing is ongoing.

Southwest Region

Rainfall amounts ranged from 10 to 50 mm with higher levels reported in scattered thunderstorms. Light frost was reported.

The spring cereal harvest is 80 to 85 per cent harvested.

Canola also experienced limi t e d h a r ve s t p ro g re s s l a s t week with only straight-cut canola approaching harvestable moisture levels; harvest progress is at 35 to 40 per cent complete.

The scattered light frost events have halted soybean g r ow t h . Mo s t c o r n c r o p s experienced leaf burn from the most recent frost events.

Co r n d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e more southern areas is fully in the dent stage of development with the milk line at 50 per cent. Corn in more northern regions is just beginning

to dent. The light frost events have also halted sunflower growth with most crops at physiological maturity (R9) where the back of the heads are yellow and the bracts are browning.

Winter wheat and fall rye plantings are fully emerged and in the one- to three-leaf stages. Some limited planting occurred last week due to the ideal conditions.

Producers continue to move cattle to fall pastures and harvested crop stubble. Winter feed supplies are approaching adequate levels with the above-average silage and second-cut alfalfa hay yields.

Northwest Region

Har vest operations were delayed by rainfall accumulations ranging from 15 to 80 mm.

Overall, harvested acres only increased slightly to an estimated 70 per cent. Average to above-average yield trends continue to be confirmed.

Yields to date are: spr ing wheat 40 to 85 bu./acre; canola 15 to 60 bu./acre; oats 75 to 150 bu./acre and barley 50 to 100 bu./acre.

An estimated 50 per cent of canola acres are in swath and 45 per cent combined. Cereals are 75 per cent combined.

Spring wheat is 90 per cent combined and oats is 50 per

cent combined. Early in the week, some soybeans were harvested near Ste. Rose with yields at 40 to 45 bu./acre.

The light frosts of the previous week have stopped corn growth and dr y-down has begun. Later-seeded soybeans have been affected while some forage millet and greenfeed is testing positive for nitrates.

Central Region

Scattered showers in much of the western and northern parts of the region brought harvest to a halt for most of the week, while cooler weather and rain on the weekend slowed progress in the east. Rainfall amounted to 10 to 35 mm.

Light frost damage is evident in some corn and soybean fields.

Across the region, harvest progress is as follows: spring wheat 90 to 100 per cent complete, barley 90 to 100 per cent, oats 70 to 100 per cent, canola 70 to 100 per cent, edible beans five to 50 per cent, flax 20 to 30 per cent, and soybeans zero to 30 per cent complete. Harvest progress has slowed due to rainfall, coupled with shorter days, but continues as conditions allow.

Yields and quality are generally good for cereals and oilseeds.

Edible bean harvest continues with yield reports in the 2,000 lbs./acre range.

Silage corn harvest continues. Potato digging started last week with above-average yields in the 350- to 450-cwt range.

Winter wheat and fall rye germination is rated as average to good, an improvement compared to 2012.

L i ve s t o c k p ro d u c e r s a re working on greenfeed and cereal silage. Producers in the western areas are struggling to put up dry straw.

Haying continues as conditions allow. Yields are expected to be average for most areas in the region. Winter feed supplies will be inadequate for some producers.

Eastern Region

A total of 25 to 75 mm of rain fell in the Eastern Region over last weekend.

Harvest is estimated 75 per cent complete. Average yields for the region are: winter wheat 70 to 80 bu./acre, spring wheat 45 to 60 bu./acre, barley 80 to 90 bu./acre, oats 100 to 125 bu./ acre, canola 40 to 60 bu./acre and soybean 40 to 50 bu./acre.

Soybeans are at the R8 stage.

Soybeans harvest is estimated at 50 per cent complete. Moisture content was often drier than expected, ranging from nine to 13 per cent. Corn is at physiological maturity and is waiting for plant tissue dry-down. Sunflowers are at desiccation timing for most fields; seed is physiologi-

cally mature. Winter wheat fields are at the two- to four-leaf stage with one tiller.

Winter feed supply status has hay at five per cent surplus, 70 to 80 per cent adequate, and five to 30 per cent inadequate; straw at 100 per cent surplus; greenfeed at 100 per cent adequate and feed grains at five to 10 per cent surplus, 80 to 90 per cent adequate and five to 10 per cent inadequate. Pasture conditions in the region are rated as 40 per cent good, 40 per cent fair, and 20 per cent poor.

Interlake Region

Precipitation amounts were minimal in general, although Teulon, Selkirk and Woodlands received between 15 and 30 mm on Saturday. The North Interlake received about 15 mm through the week.

Harvest of cereals and canola saw little progress. Soybean harvest is quite advanced in the southern areas of the region and only just starting in the northern areas. Alfalfa seed harvest is underway with good yields reported. Fall tillage is general with good soil conditions reported.

Ha y s u p p l i e s a r e g o o d across the region with only isolated shortages reported in areas experiencing prolonged drought or in those areas recovering from 2011.

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COLUMN

Canola charts gave early indications of a downturn With a record canola crop in the making, producers should be taking measures to manage their pricing risk ICE CANOLA WEEKLY NEARBY

David Drozd

Chart as of September 25, 2013

Market Outlook

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he price of canola on the nearby weekly f u t u re s c o n t r a c t h a s declined $178 per tonne or the equivalent of $4 per bushel since May 2013. With b a s i s l e ve l s d e t e r i o ra t i n g , cash prices have fallen further — as much as $5 per bushel.

Tight ending stocks at the end of the 2012-13 crop year and reduced acreage for 201314 had starry-eyed bulls looking for higher prices. It’s not unusual to hear bullish news at the top of a market, but this unfortunately causes some farmers to hold off selling in anticipation of higher prices.

Technical analysts rely on charting to cut through the news (noise). Charting and technical analysis are proven methods of catching a turn in the market, especially when the news is incredibly bullish. It is important to note that despite a market’s fluct u a t i o n s, p r i c e s a re o f t e n contained between areas of resistance and support.

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price level where the buying or selling of futures contracts is expected to noticeably increase and at least temporarily halt the current direction of the market. These areas appear as well-defined pr ice ranges within which the market will fluctuate. The greater the amount of time spent and the number of contracts bought and sold in this range, the greater will be the potential for support or resistance in the future.

A specific example of prices rallying into an area of resistance appears as (A) in the accompanying chart. Occurrences such as these are commonplace on futures charts

and are extremely important, as they illustrate where future rallies and declines are likely to fail. Support and resistance levels define the parameters of the major trend.

Market psychology

Support and resistance areas evolve because equilibrium is reached between buyers and sellers. The market attracts buying around the bottom of the range and selling in the top portion. If prices break d ow n t h r o u g h t h e l ow e r boundary (B), then all recent b u ye r s a re h o l d i n g l o s i n g positions. Any return move back to this zone (C) subsequently represents an area

in which to liquidate a long position at break-even or with a reduced loss.

Those who sold in the upper portion (A) of the trading range now have profits and may utilize the rally (C) to sell more contracts.

The concept of support/ resistance and the market’s reaction when it moves into a support or resistance area are among the most interesting facets of chart study.

Where a classic for mation may not appear on a chart for several months, one can be reasonably sure that there is always a support or resistance area not very far from the market. This is important because it can help one formulate expectations of future price action.

It is important to watch for reversal patterns when prices are challenging key areas of resistance. As illustrated in the accompanying chart, a two-week reversal developed when prices were challenging the stiff area of resistance at $650 per tonne.

A two-week reversal indicates a change in trend and exemplifies a sudden change in sentiment. On the first week the longs were comfortable and confident as the m a rk e t c l o s e d h i g h e r a n d their expectation was for the market to have further gains.

However, the second week’s activity is a complete turnaround from the preceding week and quickly erodes the confidence of those who are still long the market. The longs respond to weakening prices by exiting the market.

This is referred to as long liquidation and regardless of how bullish the news may be, it is often responsible for the sudden shift in a market’s dynamics and subsequent sell-off.

The fundamental news didn’t become bearish until $650 was a distant memory.

Declining vegetable oil prices a n d re c o rd c a n o l a y i e l d s across all three Prairie provinces have been weighing on prices. With a record canola crop in the making, producers should be taking measures to manage their pricing risk.

Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@ag-chieve. ca.

David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based Ag-Chieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis. Visit Ag-Chieve online at www. ag-chieve.ca for information about grainmarketing advisory services, or call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free consultation.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Post to buy Viterra’s U.S. pasta plant The cereal maker will pay US$370 million cash for Dakota Growers Staff

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he maker of Shreddies, Honeycomb and AlphaBits cereals is set to take a major U.S. pasta-processing plant off Viterra’s hands.

V i t e r r a’s o w n e r, S w i s s commodity giant Glencore Xstrata, announced Sept. 16 it will sell Dakota Growers Pasta Co. to Post Holdings for $370 million cash (all figures US$).

The deal is expected to close in January 2014.

Fo r G l e n c o r e , t h e d e a l marks another sell-off of Regina-based Viterra’s assets outside the Canadian and

Australian commodity grainhandling business.

V i t e r ra a s s e t s t h a t h a ve either been sold or committed for sale since its takeover

by Glencore last year include its Canadian and Australian crop input retail businesses, Canadian and U.S. oat-milling operations and Australian malting business among others.

For Dakota Growers, with durum wheat milling and pasta production operat i o n s a t Ca r r i n g t o n , N . D. plus production capacity in the Minneapolis area, the deal so far means busi-

ness as usual under its existing management team, led by vice-president Ed Irion.

It w i l l b e m a n a g e d i n d e pendently from other Post businesses.

“With Dakota Growers, Post continues to expand its portfolio into segments of the overall food industry where it sees opportunities to grow and diversify its strong cash flow,” Post CEO William Stiritz said in a separate release Sept. 16.

St. Louis-based Post said the deal, to be funded through cash on hand and up to $200 million in debt

financing, is expected to add about $300 million to annual sales and about $42 million to $46 million i n e a r n i n g s b e f o re i n t e rest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).

Viterra bought Dakota G r ow e r s f o r $ 2 4 0 m i l l i o n i n Ma rc h 2 0 1 0 . A Re u t e r s report in July this year, citing unnamed sources, said Dakota Growers was up for sale and could be valued between $300 million and $400 million.

Dakota Growers’ production mainly goes to ingredients for other food companies but

also to the food-service and private-label retail sectors. It makes the Dreamfields brand of low-carb pastas, among about 100 different shapes of pastas including whole grain, multi grain and “omega-3” varieties.

D a k o t a G r ow e r s s t a r t e d o p e ra t i o n s a t Ca r r i n g t o n , about 200 km northeast of Bismarck, in 1993, with the backing of about 1,100 U.S. Midwest farmers, using Italian-made equipment to process durum wheat into pasta.

It later bought a second pasta plant at New Hope, just west of Minneapolis.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Ten community projects receive FCC funding Applications are limited to communities with fewer than 150,000 people Staff

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arm Credit Canada (FCC) will provide $80,000 through the FCC AgriSpirit Fund to 10 community groups in Manitoba to support capital projects that will help improve quality of life for rural residents. Over the past 10 years, AgriSpirit has helped to fund 787 rural community projects across Canada.

The FCC AgriSpirit Fund awards rural community groups between $5,000 and $25,000 for community improvement projects such as recreation and community centres, libraries, and emergency services training facilities. All projects are

based in communities with populations lower than 150,000.

Selected groups must complete their projects by December 31, 2015.

Nationally, 866 applications were received for FCC AgriSpirit funding this year — a clear indication that rural Canadians are passionate about their communities. Over the past 10 years, more than $7.5 million in funding has been given to AgriSpirit projects in rural communities across Canada.

Next year’s application period will open in spring 2014. Registered charities and non-profit organizations are encouraged to visit www.agrispirit.

ca for eligibility requirements and to apply online.

The Manitoba recipients for 2013 are: • Neepawa and District Centennial Project Committee Inc. – $10,000 to complete upgrades to the hall roof; • Reston and Area Daycare Inc. — $10,000 to establish a licensed childcare centre; • Village of Waskada – $5,000 towards the construction of a new recreation facility; • Roblin Shell River Hillsburg Recreation Commission – $5,000 to complete accessible upgrades to the arena washroom;

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• Erickson and District Fire Department – $5,000 to retrofit an army truck for use in rural firefighting capacities; • Rapid City Emergency Services – $5,000 to purchase a fire truck-tanker; • Carman Collegiate, Prairie Rose School Division – $10,000 to renovate the community theatre; • Mitchell Middle School Playground Committee – $15,000 to purchase a play structure for the playground; • Centre culturel et Communautaire de Sainte-Agathe – $7,500 for upgrades to the community centre; • Garderie de Bambins Co-op Inc. – $7,500 to build a new daycare centre.

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Risk area for Lyme disease expanded The risk of infection is greatest in areas where blacklegged ticks are found Lyme disease Risk Areas and Sites Where Blacklegged Ticks Have Been Identified in Manitoba (1995 - 2013)

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anitoba Health advises that new and expanded Lyme disease risk areas have been identified in the province through the annual blacklegged tick surveillance program. The risk of Lyme disease transmission is greatest where blacklegged ticks are most commonly found.

The six Lyme disease risk areas are: • The southeast corner of the province, where the border meets Ontario and Minnesota, expanding north into Moose Lake Provincial Park; • The Pembina Valley region, which stretches from the international border to the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk in the north and Killarney in the west including the Pembina Valley and escarpment as well as Pembina Valley Provincial Park; • The eastern Assiniboine region, which has expanded west from Beaudry Provincial Park along the Assiniboine River as far as Poplar Point;

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• The St. Malo region, which includes areas near the communities of St. Malo, Roseau River and Kleefeld; • The Vita/Arbakka region; and • The Richer/Ste. Genevieve area, which is located east of Winnipeg and just outside the Agassiz and Sandilands provincial forests.

In Lyme disease risk areas and elsewhere, blacklegged t i c k s a re m o s t c o m m o n l y found within and along the edge of forests and in areas with thick, woody shrubs and other vegetation.

Blacklegged ticks can also be found in other areas of Ma n i t o b a , b u t t h e r i s k o f Lyme disease is relatively low outside of the risk areas.

Manitobans are encouraged to take precautions to minimize their risk of tick exposure by: • Applying an appropr iate t i c k re p e l l e n t , f o l l ow i n g label directions, on exposed skin and clothing; • Inspecting themselves, children and pets after spending time outdoors; • Removing ticks as soon as possible from people and pets; • Staying to the centre of walking trails; • We a r i n g l o n g p a n t s a n d long-sleeved shirts; and • Keeping grass and shrubs around homes cut short to create drier environments that are less suitable for blacklegged tick survival.

Since Lyme disease became nationally reportable in 2009, 5 9 c o n f i r m e d o r p ro b a b l e cases have been reported to Ma n i t o b a He a l t h . Ni n e o f these cases were reported in 2013.

Symptoms of Lyme disease can start about three days to one month after a tick bite, often with an expanding rash which then fades. Early symptoms can also include headache, stiff neck, muscle aches or fatigue, fever, chills and swollen lymph nodes.

Lyme disease can be successfully treated with antibiotics and treatment is most successful in the early stages of infection. People who think they may have Lyme disease should see their doctor.

Fo r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , they may also contact Health Links-Info Santé at 204-7888200 or 1-888-315-9257 (toll free).

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

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

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Five essentials for successful group sow housing Danish producers had from 1999 to January 1, 2013 to convert from sow stalls to group housing

Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

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here are five essential components for successful group sow housing, says Lisbeth Ulrich Hansen, chief scientist with the Danish Pig Research Centre, who has been working on group systems for 20 years.

Speaking with me during a recent visit to Canada, she said that the key aspects included individual feeding, adequate space allowance, stable groups of sows and close daily inspection, with sufficient hospital pens for disadvantaged sows.

In addition, management of the gilt prior to first mating is an important area that has not been given sufficient priority in the past.

Hansen says that the ability to feed sows individually enhances both farrowing rate and litter size compared with group-feeding systems, which is reflected in the fact that most Danish producers have installed either electronic sow feeding (ESF) or free-access stalls. No more than one-third use floor feeding or liquid feeding in long troughs.

Hansen stresses the importance of maintaining good sow condition at all times and quickly regaining any condition lost during lactation. “Our trials have shown that higher feed levels in the first 28 days of gestation improves subsequent litter size where sows are in thin condition,” she says.

Adequate space required

With regard to space allowances, Hansen points out that this is governed by law and includes requirements for both lying area and total area. Gilts in groups of up to 10 must have a total area of at least 1.9 m2, with 0.95 m2 of lying area. For groups of more than 10, the total area required drops to 1.7 m2. Space allowances for sows are also according to number of animals in the group, from 2.8 m2/sow for groups of one to four sows, down to 2.2025 m2 for groups of 40 or more.

In all cases, a minimum of 1.3 m2 lying area must be provided.

“Producers know that they need to provide adequate space to optimize performance,” notes Hansen.

Static groups of sows are easier to manage because they are usually based on weekly groups, although this is often not possible on smaller farms using ESF. In addition to the

About one-third of Danish pig producers use free-access sow stalls.

“Our trials have shown that higher feed levels in the first 28 days of gestation improves subsequent litter size where sows are in thin condition.”

Lisbeth Ulrich Hansen

Danish Pig Research Centre

obvious management benefits of weekly groups, Hansen says that she prefers static groups because this does not require an automatic separation facility on the ESF feeder, which involves additional programming of the feed computer.

Dealing with disadvantaged sows

In group-housing systems, prompt attention to any sows that are sick, injured or disadvantaged is essential, Hansen points out. “Ninety per cent of health problems in group

housing are leg problems,” she explains. “Vulva biting is not seen provided sows are taken into the farrowing room five to six days prior to farrowing.”

She says that fresh lesions from fighting should not be seen after one week post-mixing, otherwise a wounded sow should be removed. “Thin sows may also need to be removed where there is no facility for individual rationing,” she adds.

There are more problems with floor feeding compared to individual feeding systems.

Similarly, young sows that have not eaten all their ration in ESF systems, and spend most of their time in the dunging area, need to be removed.

“Ideally, hospital pens should be located adjacent to the gestation area because, if you have leg problems, you may not be able to move the sows very far,” Hansen says. “Legislation requires a minimum of 2.5 per cent of sow spaces to be hospital pens and there can only be a maximum of three sows per hospital pen. There has to be a soft lying area — straw or rubber mats — and the envi-

ronment must be enhanced via straw or a kennel area.”

Her recommendations for percentage of the total sow space that should be hospital and recovery pens according to system are five per cent in ESF, three to five per cent in freeaccess stalls and 10 per cent in floor- or trough-feeding systems.

Gilt management important

Gilt management is receiving a lot of attention from Hansen and her team.

“You need to bring gilts up to have social skills. Socializing involves understanding how to respond to other sows and must be done before mating because you don’t want stress at mating or up to 28 days of gestation,” she explains. “I’ve seen gilts brought up away from sows and then when they are introduced, they fought until they had to be separated.”

Exposure to older sows, not just other gilts, is required, although more research is needed to understand the most effective procedures.

Despite this, many produc-

ers are very positive about the concept, Hansen says. “A recent trial looked at sow exposure for two weeks before moving gilts to the breeding area,” she says.

“While there was no improvement in longevity, gilts integrated better into groups with sows.”

The procedure could be carried out while training gilts in ESF systems, she suggests.

Gilts would then see sows going into the feeder and copy them.

Hansen advises two to three sows per 20 gilts.

Danish producers had from 1999 to January 1, 2013 to convert from sow stalls to group housing and, unlike many other EU countries, completed the transition on time. Not only that, but Denmark saw no significant drop in sows numbers as a result. The research and advisory sectors of the industry played a major role in ensuring that the transition went as smoothly as possible.

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta and a director of U.K.-based Pig Production Training Ltd.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Drying pastures force lambs and sheep to the auction Early culling was evident in the condition of many of the animals on offer

By Mark Elliot Co-operator contributor

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here were 850 sheep and goats delivered to the Winnipeg Livestock Auction Sept. 18. Culling of some of the animals could be considered as a bit early, as some further finishing growth would have been beneficial.

The bidding from the buyers on ewes truly indicated the quality and separated the culls and the younger ewes. Some of the ewes could have used some finishing.

The buyers were interested in the younger ewes, which led bidding at $0.75 per pound. The better ewes were getting a price range from $0.38 to $0.70 per pound.

The quality of the rams and the demand from the buyer kept the auctioneer busy with the various bids. There appeared to be no indication that sheared and breed had any factor on the bidding. The rams ranged in weight from 83 to 245 pounds and the price ranged from $0.79 to $0.98 per pound.

There was a group of 10 112pound Suffolk-cross lambs that brought $128.80 ($1.15 per pound) for the heavyweight class.

The selection was very limited for the market lambs at this sale.

The weight ranged from 100 to 110 pounds and the price ranged from $1.14 to $1.28 per pound.

Feeder lambs dominated this sale. There appeared to be no difference in the price bidding from the buyers on the wool or the non-wool lambs. However, the quality and the finishing development were factors. The weight

ranged from 80 to 97 pounds with a price ranging from $1.09 to $1.33 per pound. The feeder lambs that had less visible development were treated as culls.

The lightweight lambs continued this strong bidding from the buyers for lambs in the 70to 79-pound range. The price ranged from $1.04 to $1.27 per pound.

There was interest for the 60- to 69-pound lambs. The price ranged from $1.12 to $1.28 per pound.

Lambs that required further finishing were receiving less interest and could be classified as culls.

Fifty- and 56-pound lambs still received strong bidding with a price range from $1.10 to $1.25 per pound.

The group of five Rideau-cross lambs brought $45.60 ($11.14 per pound). The lambs that showed less quality were being considered as culls by the buyers.

The 25-pound Rideau-cross lamb brought $17.50 ($0.70 per pound).

With the limited selection of goats the buyers were more interested in the numbers and not the finished quality of the goat doe at this sale. The finishing development was more noticeable on the does, whether just off the pasture or had been fed some grain.

The interest for the does kept the prices strong.

There was only a group of three 90-pound Alpine-cross bucks.

These bucks brought $97 ($1.08 per pound), slightly lower compared to the last sale.

The selection for goat kids was quite low compared to the last sale. Yet, the prices

September 4, 2013 Ewes

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$62.10 - $111.51

$12.80 - $47.52

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Three 72-pound Alpine-cross kids brought $75 ($1.04 per pound).

Two 65-pound Boer-cross kids brought $103 ($159 per pound).

Four 54-pound Boer-cross kids brought $84 ($1.56 per pound).

Nine Alpine-cross kids brought $85 ($1.52 per pound).

A 45-pound La Mancha kid brought $45 ($1 per pound).

Two 38-pound Boer-cross kids brought $29 ($0.76 per pound).

Six 38-pound Boer-cross kids brought $45 ($1.18 per pound).

Twelve 39-pound Boer-cross kids brought $47 ($1.21 per pound).

The Ontario Stockyard Report showed that all classes of lambs had strong bidding from buyers.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Deadly swine virus takes a huge toll One company says it lost 30,000 pigs ‘in the blink of an eye’

By Carey Gillam and P.J. Huffstutter texhome, oklahoma / chicago / reuters

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n the windswept prairies of the Oklahoma Panhandle, the hog barns of Prestage Farms are lined up like militar y barracks.

The 20,000-sow operation near the Texas border — which markets 400,000 hogs annually — stands at the front lines of a months-long battle to contain a virus that has already killed some 1.3 million hogs in the U.S. Since June, when Porcine Epidemic Diarr hea vir us, or PEDv, first hit, Prestage workers have quarantined t h e a re a , s c r u b b e d ve h ic l e s, a n d s p ra ye d b u i l dings with antiseptic. But those precautions have not stopped a virus that can kill

Canada’s Verified Beef Production grows The number of audited operations increased 16 per cent last year Staff

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wo-thirds of Canada’s beef now comes from cattle operations that have been trained under the Verified Beef Production program, the program’s manager says in a release.

“Canadian beef producers do a good job and care about what they do,” said Terry Grajczyk, national manager of the VBP program for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “Many have been loyal to the VBP program and it continues to grow. We are looking for ways to secure further recognition for beef production practices on behalf of cattle producers.”

Participation grew three per cent last year with the training of another 17,103 producers.

The number of “registered” operations, those which have their operations audited by a qualified third-party validation auditor, increased 16 per cent over the previous year. That represents 1,004 beef cattle operations audited and 20 per cent of beef cattle production in Canada.

“This is a big industry and growth takes time, but there has been good interest in Western Canada, Quebec, and now starting in the Atlantic provinces,” Grajczyk said.

He noted farmers in some provinces can access partial support through the Growing Forward 2 program for equipment purchases.

The program is in early stages of exploring add-on modules for biosecurity, animal care, and environmental stewardship. This may include verification processes for those who want that option, and identifying key outcomes for Canadian producers.

General information on the VBP program is available at www.verifiedbeef.org including contacts for provincial VBP co-ordinators.

80 per cent of piglets that contract it.

“In the blink of an eye, 30,000 pigs were dead,” said John Prestage, the company’s senior vice-president.

The outbreak is spreading. And researchers have discovered evidence that the virus, which poses no threat to humans, can be carried on the wind.

More than 600 cases, each of which could represent thousands of infected animals, have been reported in 17 states. With fewer healthy animals to send to slaughter this fall and winter, prices may rise sharply.

My s t e r y s u r r o u n d s t h e virus, which first cropped up in Europe in the 1970s and remains uncontrolled in China and other parts of Asia nearly four decades

after it first appeared. In the U.S., which discovered its first-ever case in April, the outbreak of the heat-sensitive virus slowed this summer as temperatures rose, but is expected to thr ive again as the weather cools.

Previously, scientists had found the swine virus was transmitted only by physical contact, but new research shows the virus can be carried through the air on dried fecal matter.

“There is a chance that airborne contaminated feces may have played a role in the rapid dissemination” of the virus, particularly in Oklahoma, said Montserrat Torremorell of the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Her lab found the virus in air samples taken by Sea-

board Foods at its Panhandle hog farms and packing plant near Guymon, Oklahoma.

The first U.S. case was in Ohio in mid-April, but it’s not known how it entered the country. Theories range from vaccine suppliers to vitamin mix distributors to the pipettes used to inseminate sows.

PEDv ’s mortality rate is astounding: 80 to 100 per cent of very young animals die within 72 hours from dehydration associated with diarrhea. There’s no official death toll, but one researcher using USDA data pegs it at 1.3 million p i g s a n d c l i m b i n g . Iow a has reported 181 cases, the most of any state, followed

by Oklahoma with 155 and Kansas with 77 reported cases.

The market could begin to feel supply losses this month, say industr y analysts, when piglets first infected in April would have come to market. One study estimates the number of hogs coming to market this fall will drop by three per cent or more, and it’s forecast that could dr ive up prices for live hogs by as much as 10 per cent.

But those forecasts, and t h e n u m b e r o f re p o r t e d cases, may fall short of capturing the total impact o f PE D v. Di a g n o s t i c ve terinarians say farmers have been under-reporting cases, either out of fear or resignation.

The one bright spot is that sows, which usually survive, pass immunity to their newborn.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 3, 2013

Pigeon fever outbreak in southern Alberta horses

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Australian cattle exports surging SYDNEY / REUTERS Australia has boosted its projection for live cattle exports by 25 per cent, after key market Indonesia abandoned a quota system.

The government’s export forecast for the coming year is 590,000 head of cattle, up substantially from its earlier estimate of 470,000.

“You’d expect that (Indonesia) would take more than half of the total live cattle exports — so at least 300,000 head of cattle is the least I would expect,” said government economist Paul Morris.

That’s still well below the 700,000 head Indonesia purchased from Australia in 2010-11 but up from the 266,000 head purchased in 2012-13.

The disease can be treated with care to the infected area, but vaccines or antibiotics are not effective

By Alexis Kienlen STAFF/CLARESHOLM

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outhern Alberta horse owners are being advised to watch their animals for large lumps on their chests, following what are apparently the first-ever cases of pigeon fever in the province.

Pigeon fever is a disease common in the southern states, said Dr. Connie Fancy, veterinarian with Claresholm Veterinary Services. This year, Fancy and three other vets who work in her practice have seen about 20 horses infected with pigeon fever in Claresholm, Fort MacLeod, Lethbridge, and Taber.

Fancy said she talked to a veterinarian farther north, who hasn’t seen any cases

in Calgary or east of Calgary.

“Pincher Creek hasn’t seen any cases either, so that’s sort of interesting,” she said.

Pigeon fever is a bacterial infection transmitted by flies.

The disease causes abscesses to form on a horse’s chest muscles.

“That’s why it’s called pigeon fever,” said Fancy. “The horse looks like a pigeon with these swollen chest muscles.”

Abscesses can also grow under the belly, on a horse’s face, or around the ears. The horse will develop scaly skin, followed by hard lumps that burst and drain thick pus.

When pus drains, flies flock to the pus and spread the disease.

“The flies are the carriers and they carry the pus infec-

“If this is something that is now endemic in Alberta, we’d be looking at it in mid- to late summer, when flies are at their peak.”

DR. CONNIE FANCY

tion to the next horse by burying in their skin. The flies create ulcers on the skin, and then infect the next horse,” said Fancy.

The disease is contagious, but is not spread by horse-to-

horse contact. Any fly that burrows in a horse’s skin can be a carrier. The bacteria can infect other animals as well but there are different strains, so it’s rare for cross-infection to occur.

There’s no vaccine and no way to prevent pigeon fever. Antibiotics are useless in pigeon fever cases, since the drugs have no effect on the bacterium in the equine’s body. If antibiotics are used before the abscesses drain completely, the infection can be prolonged and abscesses can develop internally. About eight per cent of affected horses develop internal infections, and about 30 per cent of these horses die.

For tunately, horses with external abscesses have a high survival rate.

Managing the infection

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When abscesses are drained, producers need to flush the abscesses on a daily basis, keep the area clean, and use fly spray to keep the flies from spreading the pus. External infections should clear up after several weeks. Infected horses need to be isolated from other horses.

“If flies get into the discharge, they can transmit it to other horses that are quite far away. You have to actually collect that discharge and burn your bedding, and disinfect anywhere the discharge has touched,” Fancy said.

Producers can also use fly sheets or fly masks to keep flies away from the discharge.

Horses with pigeon fever show soreness or stiffness in their front legs because of the thick abscesses in the pectoral muscles.

“They almost look like they’re foundered because they can’t move their legs properly in the front end,” Fancy said.

“That’s the first sign you see.”

Sick horses may also develop a fever.

Fancy cautions against letting abscesses burst on their own.

“You can get a huge crater of a wound and those can be very difficult to manage.” She recently saw one horse with pigeon fever that had to be put down, even though it had an external lump, as the wound was too big to heal.

Fancy recommends horse owners take any horse with an abscess to their veterinarian. Vets can ultrasound to see when the lump should be opened and drained in a controlled manner. “Then you can get a tube in there and have the owner flushing in it,” she said.

Since the disease is transmitted by flies, it appears in the peak season of flies. “If this is something that is now endemic in Alberta, we’d be looking at it in mid- to late summer, when flies are at their peak,” Fancy said. “We have no idea what the disease will do now that it’s here. It’s possible that the disease may die off during the winter. It’s hard to say.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Warm and cool air battle it out Issued: Monday, September 30, 2013 · Covering: October 2 – October 9, 2013 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ast week’s forecast started off right on the mark as the area of low pressure forecast to track northeastward through Saskatchewan did exactly as expected. After that low, the weather took a turn the models didn’t anticipate, when a second area of low pressure developed over the central U.S. and tracked into northwestern Ontario over the weekend, bringing significant rain to eastern regions of Manitoba last weekend. After that, all bets were off for the remainder of the forecast!

For this forecast period the confidence in the weather models is not very high as there is little run-to-run consistency. It currently looks like this period will start off with average midfall weather conditions, then cool down as we approach the weekend. The models forecast a Colorado low developing Thursday, then tracking to the East-Northeast on Friday and Saturday. This track should keep any precipitation well to our south, but the low will still affect our region, drag-

ging behind it the coldest air of the season. High temperatures

by Saturday will only be around 10 C, with a good chance of a killing frost over western regions Saturday and eastern regions on Sunday.

Temperatures then look to rebound Sunday as a large area of low pressure begins to build in over the West Coast, causing our flow to become more southerly.

Highs should be in the mid- to upper teens by Sunday afternoon and should continue into the first half of next week. There is even the chance of the odd 20 C high

by Tuesday or Wednesday as an area of low pressure approaches from the West.

This low is expected to drag down a cold front as it passes by to our north late next week.

Should this pan out as now predicted, the Thanksgiving long weekend will end up being quite cool. So much for a mid-month heat wave!

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 8 to 19 C; lows, -2 to 7 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) August 28, 2013 to September 26, 2013

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

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

Copyright © 2013 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 09/27/13 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell over the 30 days ending Sept. 26, compared to the long-term average. You can really see how dry it was in north-central and eastern Manitoba as well as northern Saskatchewan and central and northern Alberta. In contrast, much of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba saw rainfall amounts up to double the long-term average.

Warm, dry September weather to continue?

We’d have to go back to 2009 to find a more summery September

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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or the most part I don’t think anyone could complain about the weather we experienced in September across most of agricultural Manitoba. Most people want to see a warm, dry September that allows late-season crops to mature and, more importantly, lets you get onto the land to bring in the harvest. Well, Se p t e m b e r 2 0 1 3 b r o u g h t plenty of heat and, for the most part, was pretty dry.

After a near-average summer it felt nice to see summer stick around for an extra month. After a miserable fall last year, things felt pretty darned good this year! Temperatures this September averaged about 3 C above the long-term average. Most days felt like summer was still around, as we saw about 20 days with highs greater than 20 C. We have to go back to 2009 to find a better September. In that year we had a very warm September with a mean temperature nearly 5 C above average.

The difference between that

The Dauphin region was the only area that recorded near-average amounts of rain.

year and this year will hopefully be the weather during October. In 2009, temperatures started to take a nosedive during the last couple of days of September and t h o s e c o l d t e m p e r a t u re s continued right through most of October. This year it doesn’t look like we’ll follow the same trend.

September started off war m and got downr ight hot by the 5th or 6th of the month, when highs in a number of locations pushed into the low 30s. The warm weather continued for most of the month, with only a c o u p l e o f d a y s h e re a n d there that were on the cool side. Frost didn’t make much of an appearance this year during September, with only a few locations in central and eastern regions reporting frost on the morning of Sept. 16.

Precipitation during most of the month was fairly light overall. The first three weeks saw only a few scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder push through, dropping only a couple of millimetres. A few localized areas did get some heavier showers or thundershowers, bringing some more significant amounts of rain, but these were mainly confined to wester n regions. Eastern regions did get some much-needed rain late in the month, as an area of low pressure slid through North Dakota and Minnesota, bringing a day-long soaking rain to those regions on Sept. 28. Amounts from that event ranged from about 10 mm near Portage and 20 mm near Winnipeg to as high as 95 mm around Sprague.

Overall, when all the rain was added up, the Winnipeg

region recorded around 30 mm of rain, about half the average. The Brandon region was even drier with only 20 mm of rain reported, well below its long-term average of 48 mm. The Dauphin region was the only area that recorded near-average amounts of rain. The two locations around Dauphin recorded 48 and 63 mm of rain, close to their average of 67 mm.

Who called it?

Overall, I think it is safe to s a y Se p t e m b e r 2 0 1 3 h a d well-above-average temperatures along with below- to well-below-average amounts of rain. Looking back at the predictions made, it would appear both the Old Farmer’s Almanac and we here at the Co-operator called for near- to above-average temperatures. The Old Farmer’s Almanac called for belowa ve ra g e a m o u n t s o f p re cipitation while I called for drier-than-average conditions to start off fall. To me this sounds like a tie. Now, can we both get it right for a second month in a row?

We l l , t h e Ol d Fa r m e r ’s

Almanac calls for October temperatures to continue to be slightly above average, along with a continuation of dry conditions. Over at the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac they are continuing to sing from the same songbook, with a call for cold and wet weather for much of October. Environment Canada seems to be in line with the Old Farmer’s Almanac as it too calls for above-average temperatures, but it forecasts near-average amounts o f p re c i p i t a t i o n . Fi n a l l y, h e re a t t h e C o - o p e ra t o r, I am calling for the abovea v e r a g e t e m p e r a t u re s t o continue, with precipitation coming in near to slightly below average.

Next issue we’ll start to look at the latest release from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which puts out a comprehensive document every five to six years on the state of research and scientific understanding of the world’s climate. Stay tuned, as this topic tends to stir up as much controversy as discussions about sports, politics or religion!

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NFU fears more powerful seed companies with privatized pedigreed seed inspection Farm group argues change will eventually spell the end for independent seed growers and hand control of seed production to multinationals

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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he National Farmers Union is warning that the privatization of seed inspection in Canada starting next year will hurt seed growers and farmers, while making multinational seed companies even more powerful.

“Independent seed growers will find themselves phased out as the seed crop inspection system, along with other essential seedre l a t e d s y s t e m s s u c h a s plant breeding and variety registration, become progressively more dominated by private companies,” NFU president Terry Boehm said in a news release.

“The growers will find it increasingly difficult to maintain their independence because the entire seed system will be controlled by a few major players. When that happens, farmers will have very little choice about where they get their seed or what kind of seed they can buy.”

Ot t a w a a n n o u n c e d l a s t y e a r t h e C a n a d i a n Fo o d Inspection Agency would stop inspecting pedigreed seed crops in 2014, and turn t h e b u s i n e s s ove r t o t h e private sector. The agency charges 75 cents an acre to inspect pedigreed seed fields, but that only covers about half of the cost. It’s expected fees will triple or quadruple under the private system.

The NFU argues government inspection offers societal benefits, including maintaining Canadian food quality and safety; reducing the spread of crop pests; and ensuring varietal purity. And it says private inspectors have an inherent conflict of interest.

“To maintain a customer, the (inspection) company may wink at violations and wield its authority on a personal basis,” a paper issued by the NFU states.

“The growers will find it increasingly difficult to maintain their independence because the entire seed system will be controlled by a few major players.”

Terry Boehm

T h e p a p e r ra i s e s s o m e l e g i t i m a t e c o n c e r n s, b u t the seed industry is working to address them through checks and balances, said D a l e A d o l p h e, e x e c u t i v e director of the Canadian Seed Growers Association (CSGA).

“One of those checks is CFIA doing 10 per cent check inspections,” to verify the private inspectors’ work, he said.

Not doing a proper job could cost the inspector his or her inspection licence, Adolphe said, while a company employing poor inspectors might be prohibited from offering inspection services.

The federal government has been regulating pedigreed seed production since 1928 and seed growers mostly supported the system. The CSGA had no say in the government’s decision to privatize. “ We were basically told the decision has been made, it’s not up for debate,” said Adolphe, adding his association is now focused on designing a private system that will work.

Adolphe also concedes the NFU has a point in arguing higher fees could drive some smaller, or more remote, seed growers out of business.

“What some seed growers are telling us is they’re not going to speculate on their seed acres as much anymore if the inspection rates are significantly higher,” Adolphe said.

However, higher inspection fees won’t greatly affect seed prices and will add only

Grain inspection. photo: thinkstock

a few pennies to the cost of a bushel, Adolphe said.

Initially, the new inspection system will be con ducted by a third party. But there’s talk of going to firstor second-party inspection, which the NFU says will be worse.

First-party inspection is when a seed company is also the seed grower and inspector.

Under second-par ty inspection a seed company inspects its seed grown by a seed grower with the seed assigned to that company.

First- and second-party seed inspection companies could drive third-party ones out of business by subsidizing inspection fees to their seed grower clients or by forcing them to use their company’s inspection services, the NFU says. The result would be fewer independent seed growers and increased power for the six multinational corporations that dominate global agriculture, it says. The group argues Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow and B AS F a l re a d y c o n t r o l 7 5 per cent of private plantbreeding research, 60 per cent of the commercial seed market, 100 per cent of the transgenic seed market, and 76 per cent of global agrochemical sales.

“If these policy and regulatory changes are allowed to proceed, global agribusiness corporations will control the entire seed system,” the NFU paper states. “If they control seed, they control our farms, our food and our lives.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

National Farmers Union president Terry Boehm warns privatizing pedigreed seed inspection will be bad for seed growers, farmers and the country. photo: allan dawson

Canadian Seed Growers Association president Dale Adolphe says the seed industry is working to ensure the integrity of the pedigreed seed system is not compromised. photo: allan dawson

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Documentary sparks organic talk Panel discussion features organic farmers’ biggest headaches, heroes, and farming philosophies

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / BRANDON

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Dan Boulanger (l to r), Ian Grossart, and Pat and Larry Pollock take to the stage after a screening of “Symphony of the Soil” to field audience questions about organic farming. PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

t’s not likely to become a blockbuster, but a new documentary called “Symphony of the Soil” ear ned a g re e n t h u m b’s u p f r o m attendees at a Brandon screening last week.

About 65 people came out to see the 104-minute film by Deborah Koons Garcia, which examines soil’s evolution, its importance in today’s world, and sustainable, organic farming methods.

Many people would benefit from learning how modern farming has become dependent on “sprays and fertilizers,” said Larry Pollock, who with wife Pat has carved out a successful niche by growing spelt o n t h e i r 3 0 0 - a c re o rg a n i c farm and then processing and marketing it directly.

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lock, who was part of a panel of four organic farmers who took questions from the audience.

He said he decided to stop using chemicals 15 years ago after reading a book on improving soil with legumes.

“I read that book and I said, ‘Why aren’t we doing this?’”

One audience member asked the panel what agronomic issues make them wish they could “really just take out the cans” of chemical sprays.

Quackgrass, replied Daniel Boulanger, who farms organic beef and grains near Hartney.

“That’s our biggest weed problem. It sends out little shoots ever ywhere and it’s really hard to kill,” he said.

Thistle has been the biggest headache lately for Ian Grossart, who raises organic grassfed cattle near Brandon.

“On the one hand, you need to go and do something about it, but on the other, you know what those bills are going to look like,” said Grossart.

But alter native, organicapproved methods work, he added. Kochia was a problem in his fields before he went organic, but now it’s gone, and by covering patches of foxtail barley on his pastures with compost, he’s succeeded in smothering them out.

Another question was why farmers complain about the high cost of chemical inputs, ye t s t i l l c o n t i n u e f a r m i n g conventionally?

Pat Pollock said whenever s h e’s e n c o u n t e re d a l a rg e table of farmers at the local coffee shop, there’s a tendency for the group to declare that “organic won’t work.”

“But if you sit down with those same conventional farmers one on one, they are full of questions,” she said.

Who is the largest organic producer that you know, and how much land do they actually farm?

The Pollocks said they sold a load of spelt to an organic farmer in Alberta who farms 60,000 acres along with two brothers. Altogether, they own 14 combines and 12 semitrailers, along with a stable of four-wheel-drive tractors and air seeders.

“They had enough land that he could grow canola organic a l l y,” s a i d L a r r y Po l l o c k , noting that the rules require a two-mile buffer zone to prevent contamination from genetically modified strains.

“I have no idea how he does it. He’d need a pretty goodsize building just for the people who look after the paperwork,” he added, with a laugh.

The film was also screened at the Park Theatre Cafe in Winnipeg, and at the Mennonite Heritage Museum in Steinbach. All proceeds went to the Organic Food Council of Manitoba. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Municipalities pass resolution for GE-free British Columbia Hot debate at B.C. municipal convention, but jurisdiction to enforce a ban is not clear

By Tamara Leigh co-operator contributor / vancouver

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eaders of regional and municipal governments from across British Columbia have adopted a resolution asking the provincial government to declare B.C. a genetically modified organism-free area with respect to all plant and animal species.

The resolution was brought b e f o re t h e Un i o n o f B. C .

Municipalities (UBCM) 2013 annual convention in Vancouver Sept. 19.

The resolution asks for a ban on importing, exporting and growing plants and seeds containing genetically engineered DNA, and raising GE animals within B.C. The motion generated extensive debate from the floor, including farmers speaking passionately for and against the motion.

Among those supporting the ban was Richmond city councillor Harold Steeves, who raises grass-fed cattle in the B.C. Interior and Lower Mainland.

“A growing number of B.C. ranchers have switched to grass-fed beef and are direct marketing. We are making way more money than we ever did when we shipped our cattle to Alberta to be grain fed, but we depend upon alfalfa,” says Steeves. “We simply do not want to be in a position where we are marketing beef that has been fed alfalfa that is contaminated,” referring to Monsanto’s glyphosate-tolerant variety.

“This is really opening up the whole issue. We are asking for B.C. to be the first major jurisdiction in Canada to follow suit with Europe and all the other countries that have banned GE crops,” he adds.

More than 60 municipalities in B.C. passed similar GE-free resolutions prior to the UBCM convention. The discussion has stepped up the rhetoric on both sides of a debate that is as divisive within B.C.’s agricultural community as it is among the consumer public.

Debates at the local level have divided the farm community along commodity lines, large- and small-scale agriculture, organic and conventional, new farmers and old. It has also raised concerns about the increasing influence of public opinion on farm practices.

Jurisdiction questioned

“Legally, municipal governments have no jurisdiction over regulation such as this, and the Right to Farm Act would supersede it,” said Jen Woike, councillor and large-scale egg producer in the Municipality of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island.

The B.C. Farm Practices Protection Act, commonly known as the Right to Farm Act, protects the rights of farmers to conduct their business within the parameters of “normal farm practice.” The definition under the act includes the use of innovative technology in a manner consistent with proper

“We are making way more money than we ever did when we shipped our cattle to Alberta to be grain fed, but we depend upon alfalfa.”

Harold Steeves

advanced farm-management practices.

Implementing the resolution would affect many livestock producers.

“I have 60,000 laying hens on my property and we cannot source non-GMO feed,” says Woike. “To make a sweeping ban like this, you really put pressure on the dairy industry, the poultry industry and hog industry who use feed products.”

Whether the resolution will have any impact at a policy level has yet to be seen.

Responsibility for regulation of food and agricultural products rests with Health Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. B.C.’s agriculture minister, Pat Pimm, has given no indication that his government is interested in taking a strong position on the issue.

“There has been a lot of

good debate and discussion about the topic with many different opinions expressed both at UBCM and elsewhere,” Pimm said. “I will certainly share the results of the vote and summary of the debate with the federal minister, as it is the federal government’s jurisdiction to approve or deny foods for production in Canada.”

T h e B. C . g ov e r n m e n t i s required to provide a written response to UBCM on each of the resolutions that pass. The official response from the Ministry of Agriculture is expected in the coming weeks. The response will outline any steps the provincial government will take, and allows the government time to consider and discuss the resolution.

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Bovine solution for eating into a Canada thistle infestation Cows will avoid eating the prickly weed if they have a choice, but keep them in a paddock longer and they’ll control the invader

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Like a kid and vegetables, cattle will eat thistle if they have to.

By Helen Mcmenamin contributor / lethbridge

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here’s 10 million square kilometres of free — and highly nutritious — feed spread across North America.

But because it’s Canada thistle, you need a special grazing system to get cattle to eat it.

“You can use managed grazing to keep weeds, including Canada thistle, at tolerable levels and increase forage production,” said Sue De Bruijn, who studied thistle control as a grad student at the University of Alberta and looked at the impact of different grazing regimes with U of A professor, Edward Bork.

She presented her findings in a recent Saskatchewan Agriculture webinar.

The study compared continuous grazing to more intensively managed grazing management systems at four locations in central Alberta.

In one of these, cattle were moved every day or two after grazing about half the available forage and the pastures rested about four weeks (lowintensity, high-frequency grazing LIHF). In the other intensively managed system cattle grazed about 80 per cent of the available forage before moving. This heavy utilization of forage is not usually recommended, and those pastures needed eight weeks or more to recover.

However, Canada thistle decreased dramatically under this heavy use and rest regime, from 30 to 40 thistle stems per square metre at first to under 10 stems per square metre after one year, to five after Year 2 and then just one or two after Year 3.

In the other pastures thistle shoot numbers didn’t change during the study. The LIHF pastures looked better but the numbers weren’t significantly different from continuously grazed pastures.

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“After such intense defoliation it needs to be rested, rested, rested. I’d say seven or eight weeks at least.”

Sue De Bruijn

“This study was done in 2000, 2001 and 2002 — real drought years,” said De Bruijn. “The lack of moisture may have had some effect on the results, but they were very impressive. At one site during a year with little grass and the same cattle were used throughout the study, the cattle ate Canada thistle in the continuous grazing situation, where they had free choice.

They didn’t eat as much as when they had no choice, but they had learned they could eat thistle.”

System differences

There were differences in what the cattle ate and the total amount of vegetation removed in the three grazing systems.

With continuous grazing, cattle come back to eat a plant as soon as it begins to regrow, even if it’s just a few centimetres. De Bruijn found cattle in this system ate almost entirely grass and consumed about 2,900 kilograms worth per hectare. With low-intensity, high-frequency grazing (the system that generally gives the highest animal weight gains), they ate about 70 per cent grass, a small amount of forbs, and almost 30 per cent Canada thistle, just over 2,000 kg/ha.

“In t h a t s y s t e m , t h e y seemed to trample Canada thistle rather than eating it,” says De Bruijn.

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q u e n c y t re a t m e n t , g ra s s made up just over half of the forage removed, almost a third was Canada thistle and 10 per cent was forbs, for a total of 4,400 kg/ha of forage consumed.

“After the hard grazing that it takes to make the cattle eat Canada thistle, the pasture looks terrible. After such intense defoliation it needs to be rested, rested, rested.

I’d say seven or eight weeks at least.”

The effects on Canada thistle persisted into the following year, when none of the co-operating farmers maintained the controlled grazing systems. A year after the grazing trial ended, the continuously grazed paddock area averaged 18 Canada thistle stems per square metre and the low-intensity grazing had nine. But there were no thistle stems on the heavily grazed pastures.

Total forage production was higher on those areas, too — 4,500 kg/ha, compared to 4,000 for LIHF grazing, and 2,900 kg/ha for the continuously grazed area.

As well, thistles in the highintensity, low-frequency paddocks were all in the rosette stage. That suggested to De Bruijn that the cattle had eaten them and thistle had to regrow from the roots, compared with the other pastures where thistles were at the normal stage and almost all had fluffy seed heads late in the grazing season.

“I wouldn’t use this system with stockers, where you’re being paid for weight gain,” says De Bruijn. “We used cowcalf pairs so it’s not critical if they stay on an area with little feed for a short period — at most a day.

“They ate just about everything they could out of those fields. And they learned they could eat thistle. It was a bit of work at first, but it got easier each time.”

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profitable summer for Canadian hog producers may extend into the fall and winter thanks to better prices and lower feed costs.

“We’re experiencing significantly higher prices than what we expected at this time frame, and feed prices are relaxing, so there’s a good margin right now,” said Perry Mohr, general manager for Hams Marketing Services in Headingley.

“Based on futures prices, producers could probably lock in for a minimum of breakeven throughout the fall and winter months, with some people being profitable as we head into next spring.”

Hog prices historically decline in the fall on increased marketings, but that hasn’t happen this fall, Mohr said.

“Prices have actually been steady to slightly higher the last month,” he said. “They’ve kind of moved counter-seasonally.”

He cited three factors.

In the U.S., the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea lowered herd numbers and a late-season heat wave slowed weight gain in key porkproducing states.

“The third is due to Russia and China’s ban on pork exports from the U.S. that were fed Paylean,” said Mohr.

“A lot of producers stopped feeding it to hogs, so that would again decrease weight gains significantly and potentially cause a hole in the number of marketed hogs.”

All three were favourable for prices. The recent price for “signature No. 4 hogs” has been around $175 per 100 kilograms versus $123 a year ago, he said.

Cheaper feed is an even bigger factor, he added. December corn was just over US$4 per bushel in late September while corn was selling north of $8 per bushel in 2012.

“Starting a few weeks ago there has been a significant change to the feed component in terms of cost of production, and that will enhance profitability significantly,” Mohr said.

www.cerealsnorthamerica.com For more information, contact Kaitlin Miller at (204) 984-0132 or Jean Basse at (312) 972-5858.

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Red River Apiarists abuzz with activity as association celebrates 50 years Urban beekeeping provides an opportunity to create a domestic source of replacement bees

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

W

hen the Red River Apiarists’ Association held its inaugural meeting in 1963, beehives were as likely to be found coiffed onto members’ heads as they were to be found in farmyards.

But over the last 50 years, more has changed for the association than hairstyles. New regulations, changes to pesticide use and concerns over declining honeybee populations have been bittersweet for the organization, which has supported hobbyists in their beekeeping aspirations for more than five decades.

“The people have changed, but we’re still the same,” said Jim Campbell, beekeeper and past association president.

“We still have really passionate beekeepers... and the younger set is picking up the torch now.”

While celebrating their milestone achievement at the annual honey show this September at The Forks Market in Winnipeg, Campbell said that in recent years membership has increased to 85.

Although a far cry from the 250 members the organization boasted in the early 1980s, Campbell is optimistic about the future of beekeeping as a hobby, noting providing education and encouragement is one of the group’s key objectives.

“Every meeting you learn something from other people, there are great discussions... you can get educated, learn about this situation, or that situation,” said Charles Polcyn, president of the Red River Apiarists. “You hear different ideas, hear how other people solved the same problems you have.”

Although these days, he is doing more sharing and less learning.

Polcyn joined the association 41 years ago, and had been keeping bees ever since. Today he has 40 hives in the Whitemouth area, at his Scott’s Hill Apiary. “(The association) might have gone down in terms of size, but the combination of young people and old people is nice, and it’s surprising... we try to mentor, to work on practical applications,” Polcyn said.

Many younger beekeepers are drawn to the hobby because they are concerned about declines in honeybee populations.

Campbell said this has also led the association to push for cities and municipalities in Manitoba, particularly in Winnipeg, to allow urban beekeeping.

“This is where we feel the optimism,” he said. “As more and more individuals get concerned about the food chain, and the source of our food, and also about how we produce food, I think that they’ll be putting more pressure to allow urban beekeeping, so that they can try and maintain the bee population.”

Although it may not seem like a few hives here and there in urban spaces can save honeybees from decline, Campbell said it adds diversity and provides another source of bees for commercial producers.

When hives grow, they can be split as many as four or six times, he said. Urban bees also promote urban fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Charles Polcyn (l) and Jim Campbell celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Red River Apiarists’ Association at the annual honey show at The Forks Market in Winnipeg. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

“The benefit of having bees in an urban area, is that there are fewer pesticides being used and they’re being used in a fairly

isolated way... so therefore the chance of the bees picking up pesticides from a flower garden in an urban area is very small, as

opposed to when bees are flying in a rural setting,” he said.

Arguments that urban bees will harass people in their yards, or stymie mosquito fogging may generate good buzz, but they don’t hold up when the facts are presented, he said.

Eventually, the association believes urban beekeeping will become a reality in Manitoba, generating greater interest in the organization, and helping to balance changes in the commercial honey industry.

“In the hobby group, there is more interest, more people are wanting to have one, two or three hives, whereas in the commercial side, it’s like any other kind of farming, beekeepers are becoming larger and there are a number of smaller beekeepers dropping off,” Campbell said.

“In the hobby group there is more interest, more people are wanting to have one, two or three hives, whereas in the commercial side, it’s like any other kind of farming, beekeepers are becoming larger and there are a number of smaller beekeepers dropping off.”

Jim Campbell

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Sep-25

Sep-24

Sep-24

Sep-27

Sep-25

Sep-23

Sep-26

Sep-27

No. on offer

1,130

863

501

1,981

2,257

286

877

990

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-118.00

900-1,000

115.00-144.00

104.00-130.00

125.00-139.50

127.00-140.00

127.00-138.00

n/a

125.00-144.00

120.00-135.50

800-900

120.00-145.00

125.00-148.75

130.00-140.00

133.00-146.00

135.00-148.00

n/a

135.00-150.00

130.00-145.00

700-800

130.00-155.00

130.00-153.25

135.00-146.00

140.00-154.00

139.00-156.00

138.00-153.00

135.00-159.00

140.00-163.00

600-700

140.00-171.00

140.00-164.00

138.00-151.00

140.00-156.00

142.00-159.00

145.00-155.00

150.00-173.00

155.00-171.00

500-600

139.00-179.00

150.00-185.00

145.00-162.00

153.00-166.00

147.00-167.00

148.00-160.00

155.00-178.00

170.00-184.00

400-500

140.00-168.00

155.00-189.00

155.00-170.00

165.00-193.00

163.00-192.00

150.00-170.00

155.00-185.00

170.00-190.00

300-400

150.00-175.00

160.00-190.00

170.00-230.00

185.00-195.00

175.00-206.00

180.00-200.00

150.00-194.00

170.00-190.00

900-1,000 lbs.

119.00-124.00

100.00-123.00

110.00-121.00

118.00-132.00

116.00-129.00

n/a

105.00-120.00

110.00-123.00

800-900

126.00-136.00

105.00-131.50

124.00-142.00

128.00-139.00

123.00-135.50

120.00-132.00

120.00-132.50

118.00-137.00

700-800

110.00-139.00

110.00-138.00

128.00-146.00

130.00-143.00

127.00-141.75

122.00-135.00

125.00-142.00

125.00-142.00

600-700

120.00-146.00

120.00-139.00

132.00-150.00

130.00-142.00

127.00-142.00

125.00-140.00

125.00-143.00

130.00-144.00

500-600

123.00-144.00

125.00-144.50

138.00-155.00

133.00-145.00

128.00-144.00

127.00-142.00

130.00-148.00

135.00-152.00

400-500

126.00-147.00

140.00-150.00

150.00-190.00

140.00-155.00

136.00-156.00

135.00-157.00

135.00-159.00

140.00-159.00

300-400

140.00-156.00

140.00-168.00

n/a

145.00-165.00

142.00-180.00

n/a

155.00-175.00

140.00-156.00

120

863

96

152

2,257

286

122

210

Over 1,000 lbs.

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

62.00-69.00

n/a

n/a

76.00-81.00

71.00-76.00

65.00-72.00

n/a

70.00-76.00

D3-D5 Cows

55.00-61.00

n/a

n/a

68.00-75.00

67.00-71.00

n/a

n/a

65.00-70.00

Age Verified

70.00-77.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

74.00-80.50

70.00-79.00

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

80.00-92.25

n/a

n/a

90.00-96.00

87.00-94.00

n/a

n/a

86.00-95.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-110.00

104.00-109.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

103.00-108.00

103.00-108.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

70.00-77.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70.00-80.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

67.00-74.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

58.00-64.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Minnedosa

Gladstone

Neepawa Rapid City

Virden

Melita

1

Brandon

Carberry

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Hamiota

Reston

Arborg

St. Pierre

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Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

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Red River

ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 1901 EATONS 248-PAGE CATALOGUE; Sears 1900 & 1923; Seth Thomas clock; Steel wheels; 5000 hub caps; Auto & truck emblems; Barn pulley w/ropes; Buggy steps; Carousel horse; much more.

Offers (204)482-7251.

MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey Ave E. Wpg. Sat-Sun-Hol. 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

40+ vendors. A/C. Debit, Visa, M/C. Table/Booth rental info:(204)478-1217. mulveymarket.ca RED BARN ANTIQUE SALE Oct 1st, 3:00pm-7:00pm, Oct 2-5th, 11:00am-5:00pm, Hwy 59 South to Grande Pointe. www.theredbarnantiques.blogspot.com

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment 2 JOHN DEERE ANTIQUE tractors: JD R 1950 model, Serial R4332; JD AR 1952, Serial 283014.

Original good running condition. Contact Ken: (204)467-2982.

FOR SALE: 1950 JD AR or will trade for an older model JD Row Crop w/fly wheel start. Phone (204)239-5237.

JD 830 RUNNING, $7,500; JD 730, very nice parade look, $7,500; JD 430 3-pt., nice parade look, $5,500. www.hlehmann.ca for more pics. Phone (204)746-2016 or (204)746-5345, Morris.

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PiPeStOne, mb LOcated SOuth Of junctiOn Of #2 and #83 highwayS and 7 ½ miLeS SOuth Sale featureS: *4 quarters of farm land presently pasture or hay. Yard site with house, garage, livestock shelter, well. All quarters are fenced Selling by multi-parcel Bidding System

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman AUCTION SALE FOR JACK DUNCAN Sat., Oct.19th, 11:00am Austin, MB. Sale will at the AustinSkating Rink. *Terms on Property at 126 TowerRd frontage .5-ac lot 3 plan 2202 16x28-ft.

House,16x24-ft. detached Garage, 16x24-ft. Shop.

Thisproperty will be sold at 2:00pm The Bidders willrely on their own inspection $2,000 down on salenon-refundable the balance on transfer.* Buildings: 2, 8x12-ft. Wood Sheds; 8x10-ft. GreenHouse; 9x10-ft. Tin Garden Shed; 7x10-ft. WoodGarden Shed; Tractors & Vehicles: B275 INT DSL3-PTH PTO ser#10900; 1960 560 INT DSL PTOhyd; 1941 9N Ford 3-PTH Malco loader; 44 MHDSL; 2 Fordson’s (1 ser# E27N-3015); 1975 ChevSilverado 20 camper special; 454 auto; 1992Dodge Dakota club cab 6 cyl 5-SPD; 1966 FordF100 302 3-SPD; 1994 Mercury Topaz GS 4 cyl auto; 1989 Ford Tempo 4 cyl 5-SPD; Shop Tools:Fanning Mill; Onan Power plant; 2 Princess Autoportable Welders; Acklands model RF30 millingmachine; Atlas lathe approx 48-in. center; model2001 Sioux Valve Grinder; Floor model Drill Press;10-10 Coats Tire Changer; Dyna -Vision engineanalyzer; Dyna Sweep Circuit analyzer; ChampionSpark Plug Cleaner; 12/38 Turf Power Riding Mower; Macleods 5-HP garden Tiller; MTD gas poweredwood Chipper; Wisconsin engines; Gas engines;Honda Water Pump; Air compressor; Collectibles:Magneto’s; Post office Scale; Gulf oil (paperquarts); BA 5 gal pail; Flour Bin; Household.

Checkwebsite for full listing www.nickelauctions. comTerms Cash or Cheque Lunch served. Subject toadditions & Deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST will be chargedwhere applicable everything Sells AS IS Where IS.All Sales Final. Owners & auction company are notresponsible for any accidents on sale site. Anystatements made on sale day will take precedentover all previous advertising.

Sale conducted byNickel Auctions Ltd Dave Nickel Auctioneer(204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900.Power of attorney Colleen Wilson H (204)877-3895 cell(204)522-0774.

NICKEL AUCTIONS LTD Annual Consignment Sale Sat., Oct. 12th at 10:30am 2-mi West of Austin MB on Hwy 1on NTL Trucking yard north side of hwy. 2003 Ford Grand Marquis LS 4.6L auto O/D, 214,000km, saftied; 1978 4040 JD fact 3-PTH 2 hyds PTO 6,535-hrs (this is a 1 owner tractor by the late Tom Lowe); 10-ft. frt mt Cancade blade; 9.5-ft.

Big Foot Slide in Camper; 3 way Fridge propane furnace & Stove; 8-ft. twin auger NH 3 PTH Snowblower; 5-ft. Brush Hog Trailer type mower; 2 bottom Sulky Plow w/cast iron seat; 19 Corral Panels; end box drill fill; 5-HP SpeedAire compressor pump; 2 air compressor; Cement mixer; Comet Welder; Table Saw; Logging Chains; Truck tool Box; Rooftop carrier; 12 gauge Double barrel Shotgun stamped “A Allan Glasgow”; Monarch septic pump out; Filter-Pro Water conditioner w/salt bin; Household Furniture: Queen size Sleigh Bed like new w/boxspring & mattress; also mattress cover & sheet sets; Twin Box spring mattress. Terms Cash or Cheque Lunch served. More equip/ Shop Tools & Furniture will be consigned to this Sale. Check website for updated listing. To consign e-mail nickelauctions@mymts.net Ph (204)637-3393 Fax (204)637-3395

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Directions: Jct Hwy 8 & 231 South 3 miles on 8 Then 1/8 West on RD 108 Contact: (204)642-5626

Trailer: 2000 Ponderosa 5th Wheel 20’ Stock Trailer, Frt 8’ Plus Neck Living Quarters Tandem 7000 lb axles * BH 10’ Flat Deck * Truck Box Utility Trailer Horse & Items: 18 yr Quarter Horse Dunmare Saddle & Broke Drive * 2) 8 yr Quarter Horse Broke to Drive 1) Gelding 1) Mare * 33 year Arabian Companion Gelding * 14 Person Trail Wagon * Set Parade Heavy Harness * Western Saddle * Halters * Leads * Bridles * Lariat * Grooming Items * Elec Fencers Yard: Craftsman 19HP 42” R Mower * 8HP26” Snowblower * Chain Saw * Hand Yard Tools * Patio Chairs * Propane BBQ * DogSleigh * Camping Items Guns: Remington Sportsman, 58, 12 ga, 2 ¾” SA * SquiresBingham, 20, 22 LR, SA, w/ Scope & Clip * Cooey, 75 Cal 22 SS * Gun Cabinet * Tools: Craftsman 19HP * Metal Band Saw * 230 Amp Welder * Acetylene Torches * Air Comp * 2) Drill Press * Table Saw * Band Saw * Mitre Saw * Bench Grinder * Power Tools * Angle Grinders * Router * Drills * Hammer Drill * Jig Saw * Planer * Air Tools *Wrenches * Socket Sets * Many Hand Tools * Vise Grips * Snap On Tool Box * ShopSupply Misc: 6.5 gas 3000 watt Generator * Elec Winches * Chains * Car Ramps *Welding Table * Welding Material * Sub Water Pump * 1 Cord Firewood Antique: JD#1 Horse Sickle Mower * 8’ Single Disc * Hand Water Pump * Steel Wheels * Whiskey Barrels *

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BRANDON, MB - SATURDAY OCTOBER 19TH - 9:00 AM Directions: Sale will be held at Fraser Auction Service Ltd. sales yard 1/2 mile north of the junction of highways #1 & #10 on Wheatbelt Road. Brandon, MB.

DEADLINE FOR ALL CONSIGNMENTS AND RECEIVING ITEMS FOR FALL CONSIGNMENT SALE IS OCTOBER 12, 2013 @ 4:00 PM

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING ANTIQUE & Collector Auction, Mon., Oct. 14th, 2013 11:00am at Donogh Antique Warehouse 4-mi south of Brandon, MB. Features: beautiful 1/4 cut oak furniture, hanging lamps & unique collectables. Check web sites www.mrankinauctions.com www.rosstaylorauction.com Phone Brian (204)727-1088, (204)729-1212. For proxy bids contact: Murray Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401 Killarney, MB. Ross Taylor Auction Service, Reston, MB.

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UPCOMING OCTOBER SALES FARM LAND AUCTION for BOB & JEAN WILLIAMSON in THE RM of STRATHCONA

THURSDAY OCTOBER 10th 5:30 PM Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, MB

This is a Partial Listing

• 6.5 HP Gas Full Trash Water Pump • 6.5 HP Gas Semi Trash • 1995 GMC Sonoma Water Pump Ext Cab, Safety • 20” Poulan Chain Saw Certified,Restored, • Industrial Grade Interior & Exterior Redone Pressure Washer Hose Reel YARD & LAWN

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• Couch & Loveseat • Dresser w/ Mirror • Night Stands • Leather Sofa • Recliner • Table & Chairs • Household Items

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

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Directions: Go East 1/2 Mile on Hwy #2 #5040 Auction Note: Be There on Time! 2 1/2 Hour Auction Contact: (204)895-0027 | Email: mcsherry@mts.net

Tractor & Truck: JD 1830 Cab HL 3PH, 540 PTO hyd w/ Allied FEL 6,000 hrs * 75 Chev 1 Ton Dually gas STD 4 spd w/ 9’ Gravel Box & Hoist, 69,000 org 3PH Equip: Buhler/ Farm King 6’ Finishing Mower * McKee 7’ Snowblower * Howard 4 1/2” Roto Vator * 8’ Tandem Disc * 8’ Cult * 2 Seat Specialty/ Treeplanter * Allied 8’ Blade * 7’ Rotary Mower Equip: 600 gal Water Trailer w/ Gas Motor & Pump * Int 45 12’ Cult w/ Ext 16’ * Bar 4 Harrows * FEL-15 Bale Stooker Fork * Manual Stooker * NH Flail Chopper * 2-4 Wheel Farm Trailers * Bucket Mt Bale Forks Tools & Misc: Pedestal Tire Changer * Drill Press * Chain Saw * Mitre Saw * Metal Chop Saw * Table Saw * 2 Port Air Comp * JD Battery Charger * Miller 225 Welder * Acetylene Torches * Bench Grinder * Power Tools * Air Tools * Hand Tools * Wrenches * Sockets Sets * 2 Shop Vacs * Vise * HD Floor Jack * Jackal * Car Ramps Yard: Husq 5 HP Rear Tine Tiller * Along w/ Acreage Misc* MORE Tools * Some Antiques *

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• Freezer • White Range • Washer & Dryer

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• New ALC Sandy Jet Abraisive blaster 110lb Capacity • Portable Air Compressor • 90 amp Mig Welder • 10 ton Porto Power Hyd. Ram • Misc Hand Tools

• Mastercraft Riding Lawn • Dewalt 12” Compound NEWER APPLIANCES Miter Saw Tractor 38” Cut • Yardworks Lawn Vac • New 20 gal Sandblaster • White Refrigerator

BELMONT, MB. - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd - 1:00 PM

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HWY Hauling Tractors * Van Body Truck * Cab & Chassis * Tandems w/ Gravel Boxes * Wheel Loaders * Crawlers * Asphalt Rollers * Trailers * Low Boy, High Boy * Freight Storage Trailers * Construction Equip * Truck Snow Plows * Grader Wings * Vehicles * Golf Carts * Welding Material * Tools * Welders * Metal Lathe * Misc Truck Parts

LIFETIME COIN & MONEY Private Collection Auction, Sat., Oct. 26th, 10:00am at Days Inn, Portage la Prairie, MB. All Canadian silver dollars including varieties. Key date 1 cent & 5 cent coins & tokens. Many more collectable coins & paper money. Web Site www. mrankinauctions.com For sale listing (204)483-0469.

Murray Rankin Auctions (204)534-7401 Killarney, MB.

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Winnipeg, MB - 578 McTavish

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Saturday, Oct. 19 @ 9:00 am

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PJ 5th Wheel 20’ Tandem Flat Deck Trailer w/ Ramps Blding Supply: * 2) Semi Loads of Lumber * Siding * Electrical * Home Repair * Sheet Metal * Storage: 30x40x15 Storage Blding * 20x30x 12 Com Storage Canopy * 20x40-4 Side, 800 sq ft, 4 Side Walls Party Tent * 10x20 Com Instant Pop Up Tent * 2 Semi Freight Trailers Rec & Yard: Fifth Wheel Hitch Southport 18’ Tandem Camper * Evernirude 4HP * Yamaha 25 HP Outboard * Yardman R Mower * Honda F310 Roto Tiller * Mini Roto Tiller * Car Dolly * White 6.5 Weed Eater * Gun Cabinet Tools & Misc: Grinder T Stand * Rex Model 6090 Power Pipe Threader * Ratchet Strapping / Tow Rope * Wet/Dry Sharpener * Vise * Floor Jacks * Power Tools * Stihl 017 Chain Saw * Cut Off Saw * Scroll Saw * Milwakee Rotary Hammer Drill * Speciality Tools * Tap & Die Set * Air Tools * Hiliti Gun * Hand Tools * 3/4 Socket Set * Air Greaser * Clamps * Cement Mixer * Sand Blaster * Lincoln Welder * Upright 6HP 60 Gal Air Comp * 5 HP Generator * 2” Gas 5.5 HP Engine Water Pump * Air Paint Sprayer * 20 Drawer HD Metal Work Bench * 22 Drawer HD Tool Cabinet * Hyd Auto Power Pak * Skid of Misc Trailer Jacks * Skid of Misc Trailer Fenders * Pallets of FARM MISC: * Construction Related *

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*JD 4020 w/ leon loader, bucket and grapple *Duetz D 40 w/ 3 pth *IHC 660 *1990 Ford F 150 Super cab *1968 Ford F 100 6 cylinder 3 on tree *1947 Merc 2 ton for parts *WW 16’ bumper hitch stock trailer *2 – 1 gal Redwing crocks *other crocks and jugs

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for Evan & Mary Goranson (306)861-1511 Sat., Oct. 12th, 2013 at 10:00am. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Directions from Weyburn, SK 5-mi Southeast on Hwy 39 and 1.5-mi East. Ford Vers 846 Designation 6 4WD tractor w/3,162-hrs; Case 1070 2WD tractor; Case 900 2WD tractor; Case C tractor for parts; 39-ft. Morris Maxim air drill double shoot & 6180 Morris air tank; 45-ft. Morris Magnum CP-743 cultivator; 27-ft. Morris cultivator; MF 12-ft. & 18-ft. discers; 60-ft. Herman tine harrows; NH TR 86 SP combine w/recent work orders; 25-ft. NH 971 straight cut header; 20ft. Vers PT swather; Head Catcher sunflower pans; Crary air reel; 1979 Chev C60 3-Ton grain truck; 1998 Chev Silverado 1500 extended cab 4WD truck; 1965 GMC 960 grain truck; 100-ft/ Brandt QF 1000 field sprayer; EZ Guide & EZ Steer GPS units; Cushion Air 300 grain vac; Westfield 10-61 swing auger; Pool 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine; Rosco 2,750-bu. grain bin on cement; Rosco 2,200-bu. grain bin on cement; JD 8-ft. land leveller; Riteway 2 batt rock picker; oilfield drill bits; chemical transfer pump; antique forge; cream separator; horse harness; hay sling; saddles beam scale; Club Car electric golf cart, complete line of shop tools. Consignment John Porter (306)861-0722 6000 30-ft. Flexi Coil air disc drill double shoot; Case 4490 tractor w/PTO & Outback GPS; MF 3670 FWA tractor w/Ezee On FEL & grapple fork; Rockomatic TM20 rock rake; Degelman ground drive rock picker; 100ft. Precision suspended boom field sprayer w/1,500-gal poly tank & triple nozzles; 4 Michelin 270/95R-54 sprayer tires on Case rims; Consignment Betty Garling (306)842-5097 Belarus 805 2WD tractor w/FEL & 3-PTH; 800 Case 2WD DSL tractor; 1979 GMC 5000 grain truck; Vicon PP1211 round baler; 16-ft. stock trailer, cattle oiler; Robin roller mill plus more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help.

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

LARGE EXCELLENT FARM EQUIPMENT RETIREMENT AUCTION Thursday, October 10, 2013 – 11:00 AM

1983 FORD L9000 TANDEM grain truck, 20x8-ftx5ft box & hoist, new roll-tarp, Cummins 855, 9-spd fuller, new turbo, newer tires, safetied, $22,500 OBO. Phone:(204)523-7469, cell (204)534-8115, Killarney MB.

Location: From Starkweather, N.D. , USA : 3 ¾ miles West. Or From Cando: 11 miles East on Hwy. 17, then 2 miles South and ¼ mile East Owner: Arne & Kristi Berg, 701-351-3305 or 701-292-5197 Auctioneers Note: After a lifetime of farming, Arne Berg has decided to retire. He has an excellent line of well kept equipment. Virtually everything has been shedded and highly maintained, if you are in the market for outstanding used equipment this is one auction you will not miss.

Internet bidding: : www.proxibid.com TRACTORS: *1997 JD 9300 tractor, super clean, 4984 hrs *1983 JD 4850 MFD tractor, 11,500 hrs, extra nice *1979 JD 4240 tractor, 4,570 hrs COMBINES AND HEADERS: (Note: You will not find two cleaner, and more highly maintained 1680’s) *1990 CIH 1680 combine, 4332 hrs, Specialty rotor, many updates *1992 CIH 1680 combine, Cummins engine (600 hrs on new engine), AFX rotor, 4711 hrs, many updates *1996 CIH 1015 pickup head *1986 CIH 1015 pickup head *1996 CIH 1015 pickup header, 11 foot Sund *1999 CIH 30’ 1020 flex head, finger reel *1994 CIH 30’ 1010 rigid head HEADER TRAILERS: *Header trailer for flex or rigid 30’ *Elmers 30’ header trailer *30’ header trailer converted to haul 2 pickup heads OTHER TRAILERS: *165 bu. Gravity wagon *(2) Donahue combine trailers converted to spray water trailers *2011 24’ Kaufman tilt bed trailer *1986 Wilson 42’ hopper bottom grain trailer *1984 Towner 19’ heavy implement trailer *(2) 1,000 gal NH3 tanks on gear TRUCKS, SEMI, PICKUPS: *1994 Peterbilt semi, 896,104 miles, excellent cond. *1979 GMC Brigadier twin screw tandem grain truck, alum. box 855 Cummins *1974 Chevy C65 twin screw tandem grain truck, 427 *1985 Ford 4wd F350 1 ton pickup *1970 Chevy C30 1 ton pickup, flatbed MACHINERY: *Cat #60 10-12 yd hyd. scraper *1998 2320 Flexicoil 45’ air seeder, super nice *2000 JD 1900 44’ air seeder, super nice *JD 7200 8 row vacuum planter, outstanding, cond. *2002 JD 680 chisel plow *JD 230 tandem disk, 27’ w/ rock cushion *Wilrich 41’ field cultivator, tight *2004 Summers 72’ Super harrow plus *2006 Gates 70’ Magnum heavy harrow *Summers 70’ harrow *15 KW pto Winco generator *Wilmar 6 ton fertilizer spreader *2006 JD 22B ripper, near new cond. *Melroe 903, 8-18 plow *Melroe 903, 7-18 plow *1995 NYB 80’ pickup sprayer w/ Honda *IHC 9’ 1100 sickle mower *2008 Buhler/ Farm King 72” finishing mower *Farm King 8’ snow blower *Otto rock picker *Summers reel type picker *Agri cover SRT tarp on 18’ alum. tip tops for Reiten box TANKS: *7,000 gallon fuel tank w/ pump *2,000 gallon skid type fuel tank w/ pump *(2) 500 gallon propane tanks *250 gallon propane tank on trailer *175 gal service tank w/ 12v GRAIN HANDLING & DRYING EQUIPMENT: *2007 REM 2500 grain vac *Westfield 13x71 pto auger w/ swing out *Westfield 7x41 auger w/ 7.5 HP elec *(2) Westfield 7x36 augers w/ 7.5 HP elec. *Planter fill auger, brush for beans *2008 GSI propane low temp heater *(2) low temp propane heaters *Elec. low temp heater *Bin fans and tubes *(2) 580 Toxowic dryers *(2) large newer bin fans Misc.: *Other misc. equipment not listed *Many many other items, parts, supplies, and other misc. You would find on a large grain farm occupied for a lifetime

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TRACTORS 2006 Case-IH STX430HD, 4WD, deluxe cab, 16 spd. powershift, 4 hyd., diff lock, 710/70R42 dual tires at 50%, 7,450 hrs.

2001 JD 9400, 4WD, 24 spd., 4 hyd., return flow, 7 pin connector, diff lock, Field Office, wired for ATU, full weight pkg., Michelin Agribib 20.8-42 triples, 5,100 hrs.

JD 8640, 4WD, CAH, 50 Series, 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, recent motor and transmAission work, shows 2,461 hrs., S/N8640H004693 1977 JD 8630, quad range, 3 hyd., PTO, shows 0412 hrs., S/N001035R 1974 Versatile 900, 903 Cummins, 12 spd. gear, 3 hyd., shows 4,822 hrs., S/N500930 2011 Case-IH MX315, MFWD, luxury cab, HD suspended front axle, 19 spd. powershift, 5 hyd., power beyond 3 pt., hyd. tilt, quick hitch, 540 & large/ small 1000 PTOs, Pro 700 display, integrated auto steer, HID lights, full weight pkg., 262 Nav receiver WAAS front fenders, 960 engine hrs., 590 driveline hrs., S/NZBRD03506 JD 2940, 2WD, diesel, high-low 16 spd. partial powershift, 2 hyd., 3 pt. missing 3rd link, 540 PTO, 5,600 hrs., New alternator, PTO slips under heavy load, shedded, S/N382517L 1976 Case 2670, powershift, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, shows 5,311 hrs., S/N8796003 Ford 9N, Cat I 3 pt., PTO, needs battery, S/N203 SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACH. 2011 JD 320D skid steer loader, CAH, JD 2.4 liter 63 hp. turbo diesel, 2 spd., aux. hyd., hyd. quick tach, hand controls, work lights, block heater, auto idle, windshield wiper, defroster, vertical lift

boom, 6’ bucket, 2,456 hrs., ratio, 184” WB, 40,000 lb. automatic, Rugby SS 12-16.5 tires, rears, 680,000 miles contractors dump bed, pintle S/N1T0320DKVB0201261 2000 Freightliner FLD112, hitch, rear air, high volume Bobcat 911 skid steer day cab, C12 Cat (bad air compressor, 77,000 miles backhoe attachment, 16” engine), 410 hp., 10 spd., 1984 GMC 7000 tandem bucket air ride, air slide 5th, twin axle asphalt truck, 427 gas, aluminum fuel tanks, engine 8 spd. overdrive, w/Rosco HARVEST EQUIP. brake, cruise, 3:90 ratio, RRE asphalt distributor, 1975 MF 275, Perkins 4.1 177” WB, 40,000 lb. rears, 2,500 gal. asphalt tank, liter, S/N9A214521 saddle tanks, 176,962 miles 2007 Geringhoff NS1200/B, 607,176 miles 1999 IHC 9200, factory day OTHER TRUCKS 12x30”, hyd. deck plates, cab, M11 Cummins, 360 S/N705171230B 1988 Ford LS 9000 single hp., 9 spd., air ride, air 2005 Case-IH 2212, 12x30”, axle fuel truck, Cummins, slide, cruise, air dump, twin S/NCBJ030177 8 spd., 12’x100” flat bed w/ aluminum fuel tanks, 158” 2005 Case-IH 2212, 12x30”, rear compartments, 151,877 WB, 911,187 miles S/NCBJ024781 miles, no hood 1997 Freightliner FLD, day Universal bean head, 30’, 1988 Freightliner CL120 cab, M11 Cummins, 10 (2) Sund 14’ pickups, cabover tender truck, 3406 spd., air ride, air slide 5th, S/N51198273 Cat, 13 spd., air ride, wet kit, cruise, engine brake, diff Universal bean head, 22’, w/Tyler 10 ton tender, hyd. lock, twin aluminum fuel Sund 20’ pickup, rebuilt, spout, rear flip tarp tanks, aluminum headache S/N16771696 1985 IHC S1900 single axle rack, 226” WB, 928,473 flatbed, 14’x8’, DT466, CHISEL PLOWS miles, thrush bearing is out, diesel, needs work, 5&2 2004 Wil-Rich 5830 chisel engine may need work has spd., 521,820 miles plow, 43’, S/N454654 New clutch 1996 GMC Topkick single JD 1610 chisel plow, 35’ BUCKET TRUCKS axle, 366 V8, gas, 5&2 JD 1600 chisel plow, 31’ 1998 Freightliner FL70 spd., w/refrigeration unit, Hiniker chisel plow, 25’ bucket truck, C7 Cat, 196” WB, 278,000 miles IHC 55 chisel plow, 25’ automatic, Fibre Body, Simon- 1974 IHC tandem axle, 474 DISC RIPPERS & Telelect Model Hi-Ranger gas, roll tarp, New endgate OTHER TILLAGE boom, 46’, 213,688 miles PICKUPS EQUIPMENT 1994 International 4900 2002 Ford F350, 1 ton dually, 2009 Case-IH 730C disc bucket/digger truck, V10 Triton, service body ripper, 2 rows cushion DT466, diesel, automatic, gang discs, 7-shank, (7) 30” PTO, Simon-Telelect boom 2000 Ford F450 Super Duty XL, 1 ton dually, 7.3 spring shanks, S/N3720 w/bucket & pole auger, Powerstroke, automatic, DMI 730 Ecolotiger disc Dueco tool body, outriggers 2WD, 11’ Stahl service body ripper, 7 shank, S/N220753 GRAVEL/DUMP & w/3200 LRX hoist Landoll disc chisel, 21’, ASPHALT TRUCKS 1989 Chevrolet Silverado hyd. fold, 17-1/2” coulters 1988 IHC 2574 twin screw 1500, reg. cab, 5.7 V8, Bush Hog 1450 tandem quad axle gravel truck, automatic, 4WD, 8’ box disc, 32’, tandems across, M11 Cummins, 10 spd., 1977 Ford F150, 351M, 22” discs spring ride, (2) air lift automatic, 4WD, lift kit Sunflower 3-bar harrow, off tag axles, 19’ poly lined 26’ Sunflower disc, center TRAILERS section 9’4”, wing sections 8’4” aluminum box, hoist, 1989 Fontaine drop deck JD mounted harrow, 10’ wide endgate, New fan clutch, trailer, 48’, New tires, New 446,000 miles ramps DAY CAB SEMI 2002 Freightliner FL70 single 1999 Liddell NGB 50 ton TRACTORS axle, Cummins, 285 hp., 9 tri-axle detachable trailer, 2005 Volvo VNL, day cab, spd., 12’ Hendrickson box, 8’ 53’x102”, 24’ well, 12’ neck, ISX, 400 hp., 10 spd., A/C, wide x 3’ high, spring susp., hyd., air ride, outriggers tilt, cruise, dual aluminum 3:58 ratio, 176” WB, 23,000 2001 Towmaster tandem fuel tanks, 12,000 lb. fronts, lb. rears, 551,646 miles axle flatbed trailer, 20’x102”, 40,000 lb. rears 1995 Freightliner FL70 10 ton pintle hitch, spring 2003 Freightliner Century single axle dump truck, susp., air brakes, 5’ beavertail 112, day cab, C12 Cat, 355 Cummins 5.9 liter, Allison w/aluminum ramps hp., 10 spd., air ride, 3:55 For consignor information & location, complete terms, lot listing and photos visit IQBID.com.

IQBID is a division of Steffes Auctioneers Inc. 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 • Scott Steffes ND81 701.237.9173 •IQBID.com • SteffesAuctioneers.com

1996 Transcraft TL2000 spread axle flatbed trailer, 48’x8’, 10’ spread, air ride, wood floor Shop-built pintle hitch tandem axle trailer, 19’x9’ wide, NO TITLE, PARTS ONLY 1983 tandem axle utility trailer, 14’x6’ TELEHANDLER, WHEEL LOADER & OTHER CONST. EQUIPMENT 2005 Gehl DL-10H telehandler, 55’ boom, 10,000 lb. cap., 3,767 hrs., S/N10H55JW0140374 1979 JD 644B wheel loader, 3-1/2 yd. bucket, 11,491 hrs., S/N3119901 Clam shell bucket Terex S24 water wagon, 8,000 gal. tank, 6 spray heads, 3,392 hrs., S/N21279 Buffalo Springfield rubber tire compactor Ferguson 2511A rubber tire compactor 10,000 gal. asphalt tank OTHER EQUIP. To include: Huaughai belly mower, Flaherty K Spread Master chip spreader, Log splitter, (2) Shipping containers, Cub Cadet 2155 lawn tractor, 21,000 gal. vertical fuel tank, Service tank w/12v pump, (2) Sets Sturdi-Built pallet racking PLANTER TERRAGATOR & NH3 APPLICATOR HAY & FORAGE EQUIPMENT MANURE SPREADERS & LAGOON PUMP GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT MOTORHOME, CAR & CARGO VAN TIRES, PARTS, & MISC.

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers FOR SALE: 2000 MACK SEMI TRACTOR DAY CAB

350 Mack engine, 13-spd, Low Mileage: 756,000-km.

Good shape. Jack’s Heavy Transport. (204) 941-3767

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various

1985 CASE 450C CRAWLER Dozer, 6-way blade, ROP canopy, hydrostatic trans, 16-in pads, 65% undercarriage, Cummins engine rebuilt, 0-hrs, $18,500. Phone:(204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOR SALE: WESTFIELD ROSCO grain bin 2,400bu., like new, used 1 yr. Phone (204)768-9090.

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

FRIESEN HOPPER BOTTOM FERTILIZER bin, used for grain storage. Model 1612CE serial #W1152 on skids, w/manhole, 3 view glasses, safety fill, holds 100-Ton of fertilizer or 2,750-bu. Your price only $7,995. Replacement cost $14,000+.

Phone (204)325-1251 or (204)534-8011.

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

Grain Bin & Grain Dryer Sale

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work FOR RENT: 24-FT. PULLDOZER daily & weekly rates avail. Call (204)745-8909 or (204)242-4588.

MANITOBA BASED CUSTOM HARVESTING operation equipped w/Case IH & John Deere combines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional operation fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or (701)520-4036.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Grain bin package sale as low as $1.40 per bushel.

Packages includes: Sukup Grain bin, full floor aeration, aeration fan, aeration transitions, 8-in. unload auger w/motor & bin sweep.

Fall Grain Dryer sale is a discounted price on all CSA approved continuous flow Delux grain dryers.

Kent Brown at Yellowhead Grain Conditioning (204)867-7346 NEW MERIDIAN HOPPER BINS available, In Stock aeration fans, moisture/temperature cabels to go w/your new hopper bin. Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783 or visit www.valleyagro.com PLAN FOR 2014, ORDER your new Brock bin with winter discounts. Pour concrete now w/bin set up as early as May. Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Carts BRANT MODEL 672 PTO grain cart. Tarp, light package, Very clean, $18,000. Call:(204)871-0925.

MacGregor, MB. GRAIN CARTS: BRENT 976, $29,000; Brent 974, $28,000; Brent 874, $23,000; Brent 1084, $29,000; Brent 774, $16,500; Brent 770, $15,000; Brent 674, $15,500; UFT Hydraulic drive #750, $14,000; UFT 725, $17,000; Ficklin 700 Bu, $13,000; Gravity Wagons, 250-750 Bu. Phone (204)857-8403.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Cleaners FORSBERG MODEL 14 GRAVITY table, Commercial unit. $9,500, OBO. Phone:(204)471-3418.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS: 1/3 phase, Propane/ Natural Gas, Canola screens, various sizes. In stock & ready for delivery. Also some used dryers available. www.vzgrain.com (204)998-9915

SEVERAL HO-MOUNT HAMMERS, AIR & hyd.

Phone (204)376-5244, Arborg MB.

NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

2007 621D WHEEL LOADER 3-yd bucket, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories #800 30-FT FLEX HEADER, used on our 72, $6000; 30-ft straight cut header, PU reel, both good. Phone (204)745-3773, (204)745-7654.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Testers FOR SALE: MODEL 919 Labtronics Grain Tester complete w/charts, Ohaus scale & official bushel weight pint measure. Canola Roller & canola stick, $700; Farmex hay probe (moisture tester), $75.

Owner retired. Phone:(204)368-2226.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling FOR SALE: 4910 HESSTON large square baler (4x4x8), field ready; 900 NH forage harvester, 3row adjustable corn head & PU, rebuilt gear box.

Call (204)685-2470.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers

2004 HI-QUAL 36 X 22 Fabric Quonset; Agri-plastic calf hutches w/pails & doors; 2 metal calf sheds.

Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

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

Combine ACCessories

WANTED: NEW HOLLAND BALE wagons, also accumulators & forks. Roeder Implement, Seneca, Kansas. Phone: 785-336-6103.

BUILDINGS

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

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

COMBINE WORLD located 20 min. E of Saskatoon, SK on Hwy. #16. 1 year warranty on all new, used, and rebuilt parts. Canada’s largest inventory of late model combines & swathers.

1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

FARM MACHINERY

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from.

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

TD9 4-CYL NEEDS ENGINE, good v.c. & running gear. Has 8-ft IH farm dozer, Farmall Super C, Super H & M. Phone (204)736-2619, Oak Bluff.

NH3 RATE CONTROLLER, 3 section Raven/Greenstar section control, current 60-ft/36 runcan be changed. Complete system to tractor rear plug-in. Phone (204)649-2276, cell (701)389-1042.

75 CCIL SELF PROPELLED 550 swather w/cab 21-ft. bat & PU reel & crop lifters, runs good, $2,500 OBO. Phone (204)886-2528.

9260 HESSTON SWATHER W/2210 HEADER, like new, 36-ft. Big Cab power unit, 2005. W/Swath roller. Very nice shape, best swather for Canola. $70,000. (204)871-0925.

CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1988 CIH 1020, 25-ft., $4,900; 1997 CIH 1020, 25-ft./ 30-ft., $11,900; 1997 CIH 1020, 30-ft., Air Reel, $17,900; 2007 CIH 2020, 30-ft./ 35-ft., Reconditioned, $19,900-21,900; 2009 CIH 2020, 35-ft., $23,900; 2010 CIH 2020, 35-ft., $25,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com FLEXHEADS CASE IH 1020: 30-ft, $8,000, 25-ft, $5,000; JD925 $6,500; JD930, $6,000; Straight heads CaseIH 1010: 30-ft, $4,500, 25-ft $4,000; IH820, $2,000; IH810 w/sunflower pans & header cart $3,000; 4-Wheel header trailer, $2,200.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

FLEX PLATFORMS ALL MAKES IN STOCK: CAT, CIH, JD, AGCO. Cat FD40Flex Draper; CIH 820, 1020, 2020 JD 920, 925, 930, 630, 635; AGCO 525. We have adapters in stock to fit JD platforms on CIH, AGCO, NH Combines. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 North, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 2004 JD 630, $17,900; 2007 630, $20,900; 2004 JD 635, $17,900; 2007 JD 635, $19,900; 2009 JD 635, $21,900; 2010 JD 635, $24,500; 2010 JD 635, $26,500; 2011 JD 635, $27,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

McMunn & Yates post frame building systems are the ultimate in post frame construction for the agricultural, commercial and industrial markets.

McMunn & Yates post frame buildings are economical, functional and attractive. Our attention to detail ensure that you receive a high quality building that will last and perform for many years.

www.mcmunnandyates.com

CALL TOLL FREE 1-855-962-6866 Ron Cook P. 204-638-5303 C. 204-572-5821 F. 204-622-7053 rcook@mcmunnandyates.com

Jan Ward

P. 204-478-8291 F. 204-284-8284 jward@mcmunnandyates.com

Don Hardy

Phone 306-620-8422 Fax 204-284-8284 dhardy@mcmunnandyates.com

Make it better

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

FARM MACHINERY Sprayers

2008 1074 Rogator 1,525-hrs, 2 sets of tires, Crop Dividers, Raven Flow Control, Autofarm GPS, Auto Steer, 120-ft. Aluminum Boom, Excellent Condition, Only one owner.

Price $169,900 Please contact Dave; dave@jonair.com or (204)870-2828

Tillage & Seeding Farm machinery

Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers 2011 PHILLIPS 45-FT. ROTARY harrow, like new.

Phone (204)729-6803.

6-8 YD MISKIN SCRAPER, asking $5500. Phone (204)376-5244, Arborg MB.

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

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various

2, JD 853A all crop heads, good condition, asking $9,850 each OBO. Phone (204)746-4555.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

1984 CO-OP 806 CHISEL Plow 25-ft mounted 3 row harrows. $3,000. Phone:(204)248-2507. Notre Dame, MB.

CASE 430 DSL, GOOD condition, $3,000; Case 630 DSL, good condition, $3,500; Vers. swather, 20-ft, PTO, good condition, $700. Open to offers.

Call:(204)827-2162.

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

FOR SALE: FARM KING 13x70-ft. Swing Auger w/hyd winch & hopper mover, reverser, 540 PTO, new price $23,000, asking $13,800; Also 9600 JD Combine Cyl spiders, used. Good condition. Phone (204)526-7829, Holland, MB.

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 1987 CASE IH 1680 combine w/3,800 engine hrs, 1015 head w/388 Westward PU, excellent condition, fully serviced, ready for the field.

(204)265-3363.

1992 1680 COMBINE W/CUMMINS engine. Includes 1015 pick-up & 25-ft 1010 straight-cut header. 3,200 engine hours, well maintained in Rocky Mountain shop. New concaves & elevator chains this year. Asking $35,000. Phone:(204)725-7941.

1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

Tractors Combines Swathers

FYFE PARTS

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

www.fyfeparts.com

CORN HEADER 2009 16X30 Cat Lexion, C15 16row low profile w/littel change or adaptor, it would fit Case IH or JD w/contour head, HYD deck plates & knife rolls, $55,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 2002 JD 9750 STS, 2350-sep hrs, bullet rotor, factory 4WD, upgraded feed accelerator, variable speed feeder house, long unload auger, extended wear package, hopper top, duals & is Green Star ready, $79,500 OBO. Phone (204)856-6907, (204)723-2662.

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

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

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1982 CASE IH 5288, 160-hp, cab w/heater & A/C. New 20.8 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 1000 PTO. Tractor’s in very nice condition, w/9,300-hrs, engine & trans. just recently rebuilt. Asking $18,500. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB. 1988 2096 CASE IH 2WD tractor, good condition, 10,000-hrs, $16,000 OBO. Phone Arnold (204)822-3789 or (204)362-6403.

4630 W/DUALS; 4240; 3140; 280, 158 & 148 FEL; 7405 MFWA w/740 FEL; 4020 w/cab; 3010 w/146 FEL; 2950, 2WD, 3-PTH. Phone: (204)828-3460.

FOR SALE: JD 2130 - 3pt, hi/lo shift; JD 2130 3pt, re-built engine w/146 loader, painted; JD 2750 - MFWD, 3pt, 245 FEL, painted; JD 2950 - MFWD, 3pt, painted, w/265 FEL; JD 3155 - MFWD, 3pt, w/265 FEL; JD 4020 - Synchro, w/168 FEL, Grapple; JD 4240 - Quad, 5,800-hrs, 3pt; JD 4440 Quad, fact. duals; JD 4450 -2WD,3pt,15 spd; (2)JD 4450 - MFWD, 3pt, 15 sp, power shift, w/wo FEL; JD 4640 - 2 WD, 3pt, 3 hyd, Quad shift, 8 front weights w/bracket. All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. St.Claude, MB. Call:(204)750-2459. mitchstractorsales.com JD 2950 CAB 3-PT. FWD, new front tires, fresh cap phone, $18,500; JD 4430 cab, air, 20.8x34 tires, $12,500; JD 4230 cab, air, dual PTO, $13,950; JD 4630 cab, air, duals, $13,250. www.hlehmann.ca for more pics.

Phone (204)746-2016 or (204)746-5345, Morris.

JD 7700 COMBINE 212 & 224 headers, it c/w duals, it almost floats! Always shedded, in family since new, $6,500 OBO. Earl Cunningham (306)452-7245, Redvers, SK.

1985 860 MF D8 hydro 24-ft. straight cut header, field ready, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.

FOR SALE: JD 610 25-ft chisel plow, (1-1/4-in shanks), Degelman harrows, anhydrous kit w/hitch, low acres. Phone (204)773-2868, Russell MB.

1974 JD 4430, CAB w/heater & A/C, new 18.4 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 540 & 1000 PTO. 12,500-hrs on tractor, engine was rebuilt at 9,000-hrs. Comes w/158 JD loader, manure bucket, dirt bucket & bale prong. W/joystick control. Asking $24,500. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.

2, 2008 JD 9870’s for sale. First complete w/Fine cut chopper, duals, Harvest Smart Feed rate, Starfire auto guidance & 915 PU, 842 sep hrs. Second w/Fine cut chopper, 915 PU, 696 sep hrs. Both w/2 sets of concaves. VGC. Starting at $195,000. Call: (204)799-7417.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Massey Ferguson

5500 INTERNATIONAL CHISEL PLOW 35-ft w/harrows. John Blue Anhydrous kit w/hitch. New pins, bearings on walking axles, $8000 OBO. Call (204)733-2446.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Caterpillar Lexion

BUILT TO LAST

Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca

1985 CCIL 35-FT. DEEP tiller, $6,000; 1986 CCIL 40-ft. Deep Tiller /NH3 applicator, $11,000; 1982 Frigstad 41-ft. Deep Tiller w/NH3 Applicator, $7,000. E Vandevelde (204)523-4471, Killarney.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various 14 WHEEL RAKE, $6,500; Vermeer R23 Hyd. rake NH166 swath turner, $3,500; JD 535 baler, $5,900; JD 530, $3,500; JD 510 $1,250; Gehl 2270 Haybine, $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Several hay conditioners, $800 & up; JD 15-ft #1518 batwing mower, $8,500; Woods 7-ft, $3,000; Woods 6-ft, $1,600; 5ft 3PH, $1,000, 6-ft, $1,150. Phone: (204)857-8403.

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage

BOUGHT 30-FT. FOR SALE: 24.5-ft. IHC 4000 has larger tires, Macdon 9352 cab w/all wiring, complete $14,500 or will separate cab $10,250.

(204)476-2649

2001 CASEIH 2388, 2,400 seperator hrs, hopper top, yield & moisture, AFX rotor, Swathmaster pickup. Excellent condition, $65,000 OBO. Killarney, MB. Call:(204)523-7469 or (204)534-8115.

POST FRAME BUILDINGS

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

HYD PULL SCRAPERS, 6-40 yards, Caterpillar, AC/LaPlant, LeTourneau, Kokudo, etc. Pull-type & direct mount available, tires also available. Pull-type pull grader, $14,900; 2010 53-ft step deck, $24,995; New Agricart grain cart, 1050-Bu, complete w/tarp, $27,500. Phone (204)822-3797, Morden MB.

OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414 Wynyard, SK.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Various

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

NEW WOBBLE BOXES for JD, IH, MacDon headers. Made in Europe, factory quality. Get it direct from Western Canada’s sole distributor starting at $1,095. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

JD 3130 CAB, add on 3-pt., good rubber, $10,500; JD 2130 3-pt., rc, nice, running, $5,950. ww.hlehmann.ca for more pics. Phone (204)746-2016 or (204)746-5345, Morris.

JD 4020 W/CAB & duals, 148 loader w/6-ft. bucket & bale fork; 22 Anhydrous Dutch knives. Phone (204)239-0035.

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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.

JD PULL TYPE COMBINE; JD 4000 tractor with F11 loader, manure bucket & grapple fork; Vicon Lily 6 wheel rake; C.I. deep tiller 16-ft. Phone (204)733-2253.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various Case 1070,107-HP, std trans, 6,180-hrs, $7,500; 1978 White 2-105, 6,780-hrs, 100-HP, Hydro-shift, $7,500; 1982 IHC 5088, 8979-hrs, triple hyd, 1000 PTO, 18.4x38 duals, 1100 front, W/Leon 707 FEL, $17,500. Phone (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow, rear cultivators, plus side cultivators. $2250; 12-ft wide cultivator, must be pulled by a tractor, $100, OBO. (204)661-6840.

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ONE ROCK-MATIC 14-FT ROCK rake; One RockMatic rock picker both PTO drive, in good working condition. Phone (204)371-7599.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1975 CASE 1070 TRACTOR: 3-PTH, 5566-hrs; 1981 3/4 Ton GMC 4x4 truck: brand new tires, 52,244-kms, 5th wheel ball in box; 1999 Bobcat 873 Loader: 6036-hrs, 3 attachments - bale fork, bucket, and grapple; New Idea haybine.

Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

1979 45-FT WILSON DOUBLE decker Cattle Trailer, nose decking, dog house safety gates, real good farm trailer, $9500; 53-ft Hay trailer ready to haul hiboy tri-axle, air ride, $10,000; 20-yd tandem Belly Dump gravel trailer, $9500. Ph:(204)448-2193 evenings, Eddystone MB. 2, 18-FT DECKS W/HOIST & front storage, tie down straps, Asking $1,600/each OBO; 45-ft Morris Deep-tillage, w/NH3 shanks, Asking $2,150; Antique Oliver Cetrac crawler w/front blade, runs good, asking $1,700; 2050 IHC tandem DSL gravel truck, 15-ft box, asking $3,800; 28-ft Fruehauf flat deck semi-trailer, single axle, safetied, asking $3,000; 1978 IHC 1854 DT466 gravel truck, 5&4, 15-ft. box, asking $4,500. Phone:(204)728-1861.

230 TIMBERJACK LINE SKIDDER, manual trans, new starter, new injectors, runs great, c/w set of chains for front, $10,500 OBO. Phone (807)548-4435 or (807)466-1349.

DISCS: Kewannee 12-ft breaking disc, $18,500; JD #330 22-ft, $9,500; Bushog 21-ft, $7,000; Krause 16-ft, $5,000; JD 15-ft, $5,000; DMI ripper, 7 shank, $11,900; Harrows Dalmar 70-ft $18,900; Summers 70-ft, $12,000. SCRAPERS: Crown 6-yd, $5,000; Soilmover 7.5-yd, $7,500; Ashland 4.5-yd, $4,500; New 10-ft Land Levelers, $2,250, 12-ft $2,450; SKIDSTEERS: Gehl #4510, $7,000; NH865, $12,900; 3PH 9-ft blade, $900; Artsway mixmill, $1,500; 36-in Rollermill, $5,000.

PHONE:(204)857-8403.

GRAVITY WAGONS NEW: 400B, $7,100; 600B $12,000; used 250-750-bu, used grain carts, 450-1100-bu, EZ475 $7,900; JM875, $20,000; weigh wagon, $2,500; dual stage & Kwik Kleen screeners; REM 552 Grainvac $3,500; REM 2500, $9,500; Brandt 4500, $8,000; Valmar applicator, $1,500; Phoenix harrow, 42-ft, $9,500; Summers 72-ft, $12,000; used fertilizer spreaders, 4-9 ton.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

JD 3970 HARVESTER, $8900; NH890, $2500; I-H 781, $2000; JD Hay head, $3000; 3R Corn head, $3000; NH 822 head 2R, $2000; NH 3R adjustable, $3000; I-H 2R corn head, $800; Harsh 350 feed cart, $5000; Mohrlang 420 feed cart on truck, $5000; KR feeder cart, $2000; Snowco feeder 150Bu cart, $750; Haybuster 256+2 bale shredder, $6000; Weigh wagon, $2500.

Phone (204)857-8403.

800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers

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PLOWS MELROE AUTORESET 8-18, $3000; 8-16, $3000; 7-18, $3000; 8-16 w/coulters, $4500; White 5F rollover, $3500; I-H 5-16 Semimount, $750; 3-PH JD-4-16, $1000; JD 3F 3-16, $850; JD drainage V-Plow, $1500; VFT rotary pitcher, $1250; Degelman 14-ft rock rake, $7500; Haybuster L-106 picker, $2500; Case 450 skidsteer, 1260-hrs, $18,000; Tractor cab, $600; Phone (204)857-8403.

Wednesday, October 16 @ 1:00 pm Special Angus Influence Sale Fri., Oct. 4th Gates Open: Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-10PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM

Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

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

Please call in your consignment this Fall to enable us to promote your stock in advance to prospective buyers.

For more information call: 204-694-8328 Jim Christie 204-771-0753 Scott Anderson 204-782-6222 Mike Nernberg 204-807-0747

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or maintain drainage channels. 4 models w/flywheels from 32”, 42” 62” and 72” in diameter and power requirements from 50 - 350 HP. For larger channels make multiple cuts. Cut new ditches or maintain existing ones.

Digs and spreads up to 600 cu. yds. per hr. max. Dirt is spread up to 150’ away for superior drainage. Works in all conditions including standing water and overgrown ditches.

204-436-2469, Fannystelle, MB. FENCING TO BE REMOVED: 3+ miles of 5 strand high-tensile electric fencing & fence line materials; 1+ mile single strand high-tensile w/off-set insulators and 3 strand barb wire: poles, insulators, line tighteners, swinging gates. 8300 PowerBox solar energizer w/new deep cycle battery and/or Speed-Rite electric energizer. Also plastic step-in fence posts & electric fence tapes, handles, insulators, & two 4-mile solar energizers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

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FOR SALE: 120 EWES, 1 & 2 yrs old, offspring can be seen, complete vaccination program. Phone (204)768-9090.

YOUNG RAMS FOR cross, de-wormed, (204)483-1333.

Monday, October 14th NO SALE for small animals HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Saturday, October 26th Horse & Tack Sale 10:00 am

Open Horse & Tack Gladstone Auction Mart Ltd

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HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

Starting with tack at 5:00pm Will be receiving from 9:00am till 4:00pm For more info call manager Gerald McGowan at the Mart (204)385-2537 Dave Nickel Auctioneer License #1108

We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc)

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

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WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

MARK YOUR CALENDARS MB Limousin Association. Limousin advantage sale Nov 23rd, 2013 at MacGregor, MB. The best of the best will be on offer. Steers & heifer calves, Bred heifers & proven cows w/some commercial cows. Come & check out. Your source for quality limousin genetics. Art (204)685-2628, Trav (204)838-2019, Bob (204)274-2490, Cheryl (204)736-2878, Bill (204)776-2322.

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.

FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing, siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate, angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303, Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare.

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2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956.

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19TH GREAT LAKES DAIRY Sheep Symposium will be held in Cambridge, Ont. Nov., 7-9th, 2013. It will feature lectures on health, nutrition, performance & genetics of dairy sheep. This is a chance to network w/other producers & processors of sheep milk. Everyone involved w/sheep milk production or processing will benefit from attending.

Early bird registration ends Oct., 10th. Program & registration forms are on www.DSANA.org or Phone Eric:(519)848-5694 of Mike:(519)826-4061.

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

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LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale EXOTIC BIRD & ANIMAL Auction, Sun. Oct 6th, 11:00am, Indian Head skating rink.

Phone:(306)347-1068 or (306)695-2184.

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15, 900-LB BLACK ANGUS heifers, ready to breed, very good quality, pail fed, quiet, $1,200 OBO. (204)825-2799 or (204)825-8340.

LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment

FOR SALE: GALLAGHER FENCER, 10-mi of sense wire, 585 insulators, 350 new/used fence posts, video monitor, water trough, nose pump, 8 round bale feeders, 500-lbs grain feed box on wheels, heating box for calves.

Phone: (204)853-2101.

FOR SALE: RED ANGUS & Charolais X cows w/calves at foot. Some to calve. Call Garry (204)782-1197.

ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

CATTLE SQUEEZE CHUTE, SQUARE-TUBE heavy-duty panels: 8-ft, 10-ft, 12-ft, 16-ft, varied length gates; 16-ft light duty panels; cattle oiler: free-standing, hanging: brand new still in box; calf puller: no chains; varied tagging and castration pliers. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon.

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HIGH-LINE 7000 BALE PROCESSOR, twine cutter, $7500; NH 795 manure spreader, $3800; Gehl 315 manure spreader, side discharge, $4000.

Phone (204)828-3648.

ONE OF SANDY LAKE’S most beautiful lakefront home & property. Over 2,400-sqft of living space overlooking the lake & town. On 80-ac, this is ideal for hobby/retirement. 1,200-sqft shop w/heated floor, water & one 14-ft & one 18-ft door. Also 36-ft x 56-ft storage shed. Too many features to list!

Mike Kufflick (204)721-1347. HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

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TIM HAMMOND REALTY: Shire Farm RM 92 Walpole near Moosomin, 1,280-ac featuring 610 cult. acs & 625 hay/pasture acs (300-ac could be cropped), $59,550 average 2013 asmt, Grass carries 100 pair, Yard incl: 1,180-sqft bungalow (1983), 4 bed, 2 bath. 12,850-bu. steel bin storage. Excellent water & cattle facilities. MLS 462168 REDUCED to $1,240,000. Call ALEX MORROW: (306)434-8780. http://Shire.TimHammond.ca

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MEAT CHICKENS CORNISH CROSS, $3.00/lb; Pork two halve organic; brown egg, $2/dozen; Can deliver to Yorkton or Roblin. Ewes & ewe lambs, $125; Meat lambs, $250 Phone James Mcdermontt (306)742-4403.

WESTERN RAWHIDE 16-IN Western saddle, light roper, brown. 1 set of horse harness w/breast collar & breaching; 1 set of horse fine harness w/breast collar. 1 Gerald 4-wheel fine harness buggy; 1 Gerald 2-wheel pleasure cart; 1 metal 2-wheel pleasure cart. Phone:(204)745-2851.

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2 MALE BLUE HEELER pups left to sell, parents good working cattle dogs & good w/children. Pups are handled daily by small children. Asking $100.

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EXCELLENT LAND FOR HUNTING, conservation, quad biking or horse riding only 20-min from Brandon in the Assiniboine Valley. 478-acres is hillside w/mainly bush & some pasture & 270-acres of valley bottom w/creek, bush & pasture/hay. Land can be bought in separate quarter sections. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com

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CANADIANFARMREALTY Canadian Farm Realty welcomes GRAIN FARMS FOR SALE Henry Carels FARMto SALES WORLDWIDE MARKETING our team of hardworking Grain Farm CANADIANFARMREALTY Agents Manitoba 1100 acres - Southwest

Henry grew up on a dairy & grain farm and Realty welcomes Canadian Farm now resides in Brandon.

Henry Carels In the past 35 years he to been our very team ofas has active hardworking an owner/operator of a dairy & grain farm, Agents grocery business Complete 617 acre turnkey operation ready for Henry grew up on&aa John sheep, cattle or horses. Very tidy yard site with dairy Deere & grainfarm farm and equipment beautiful 1384 sq ft home. Includes an extennow residesdealership. in Brandon.He was also a director on various boards along sive corral system with 3 heated water troughs In the past 35 years he with volunteering as a & manager of local capable of holding 300 head of cattle. B 4192 coach has been very active as hockey teams. Henry to join theofCanadian Farm Realty team, anexcited owner/operator a Opportunity to start grain farming with low capi- is his efforts dairy & grain farm, in Western MB and looks tal investment. Established yard site and 1344 sq focusing working grocery to business & with a his past clients and future ft home located on 144 acres with the potential forward reach Henry, call 204-573-5396 or John DeereTo farm of renting an additional 1196 acres of D32 soil in customers. email henry@canadianfarmrealty.com equipment dealership. He was also a director in the immediate area.

G 4550 on various boards along with volunteering as a coach & manager of local hockey teams. Henry 2200 acres - Southwest Manitoba Opportunity to start grain farming with low capi- is excited to join the Canadian Farm Realty team, tal investment. Established yard site and 1344 sq focusing his efforts in Western MB and looks 204.326.4567 ftinfo@canadianfarmrealty.com home located on 144 acres with the potential forward to working with his past clients and future of renting an additional 1196 acres of D32 soil in customers. To reach Henry, call 204-573-5396 or email henry@canadianfarmrealty.com in the immediate area.

G 4550 Complete 617 acre turnkey operation ready for sheep, cattle or horses. Very tidy yard site with beautiful 1384 sq ft home. Includes an extensive corral system with 3 heated water troughs capable of holding 300 head of cattle. B 4192

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For Sale: RM of MCCREARY 719-acs farm (cattle, elk, bison) 1,064-sq.ft. bungalow & yard site, outbldgs. 3) PLUMAS 1,156-sq.ft. 2+ BDRM MODERN HOME 4.17-ACS, ca c vac, WORKSHOPS & MORE! 4) ARDEN 5-acs 2+ bdrm renov. Home dbl garage. Also 2-ac lot only $8,000; 5) 1 section of pastureland NE of GLADSTONE, fenced & dugouts, $269,000; 6) Acerage w/3-bdrm home w/trucker’s shed 72x36, in OBERON, $229,000.

Phone Liz:(204)476-6362 or John:(204)476-6719.

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FOR SALE TO PEDIGREED Seed Growers: Foundation & Select Emerson Winter Wheat, Flourish Winter Wheat, & Select Hazlet Rye. Phone (204)526-7829, Holland, MB.

GRANT TWEED Your Farm Real Estate Specialist.

Developing a successful farm takes years of hard work. When it’s time to sell there are many factors to consider. I can provide the experience & expertise to help you through the process. To arrange a confidential, obligation free meeting, please call (204)761-6884 anytime.

Website; www.granttweed.com

200 1st Cut 2013 Alfalfa Round Bales. Feed tested, 16% protein, NO rain & weigh 1250 lbs. Notre Dame, MB. Call:(204)248-2643 or: colletfarm@gmail.com

GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.homelifepro.com or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc. GRAIN & CATTLE FARMS wanted for both overseas & Canadian buyers. Call me to discuss all options & current farmland market prices. Rick Taylor: (204)867-7551. rtaylor@homelife.com Homelife Realty, Brandon, MB.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 75.76-ACS. BEAUTIFUL LARGE treed yard. Several large buildings, Hydro & Water. 10-mi NE of Selkirk. Reduced to $144,000. Call Harry (204)482-7251.

MB- RED RIVER VALLEY, good productive soybean & cash crop farm, located on an all weather road in the RM of Roland. Contact Melvin Toews at Golden Plains Realty (204)745-3677

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Motorcycles FOR SALE: BUILDING; CANADIAN MOTORCYCLE, 981 MAIN ST. PH (204)582-4130. TERMS: FOR APPOINTMENT LEAVE MESSAGE.

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PEDIGREED SEED PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various FOR SALE: CERTIFIED FLOURISH winter wheat.

Phone James Farms Ltd. at 1-866-283-8785, (204)222-8785 or email seed@jamesfarms.com for additional info.

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BIG ROUND STRAW BALES, solid core, wheat or oats, $15.00/bale. Also small square second crop alfala grass bales - no rain. Also rolled oats or barley. $150/tote, (1100-lbs). Phone:(204)886-2083.

DAIRY & BEEF HAY for sale, 3x4 square bales, delivery available. Phone (204)827-2629 before 9:00am or leave message.

FOR SALE: 2ND & 3rd cut Alfalfa, large square bales, tested. Can deliver. Phone Alvin Plett: (204)355-4980 or (204)371-5744.

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

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FOR SALE: LARGE ROUND hay bales of mixed grasses. Call:(204)646-4226.

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37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

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WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328 *6-Row* *6-Row* Celebration Celebration&& Tradition Tradition

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New 30.5L-32 16 ply, $2,195; 20.8-38 12 ply $795; 18.4-38 12 ply; $789; 24.5-32 14 ply, $1,749; 14.9-24 12 ply, $486; 16.9-28 12 ply $558, 18.4-26 10 ply, $890. Factory direct. More sizes available new and used. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

TRAILERS Grain Trailers FOR SALE: 2 SETS of ‘09 Super B Lode King Prestige grain trailers, c/w air lift axles, 22.5 tires, asking $53,000. 2004 Super B Lode King Prestige trailer, asking $40,000. (204)857-1700, Gladstone, MB.

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous STOCK TRAILERS: 6X16 GN, $3,500; 7x20 GN $3,200; Flat bed w/ramps, 24-ft, $5,500; Single axle converter, $1,900, Double $2,000; 48-ft Loboy, $6,500; 9-ft deck for 1-ton truck, $2,350.

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NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Edible Beans Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

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CAREERS CAREERS Farm / Ranch MJ MILLAR RANCH INC. Lundar, MB. Canada requires a Sheep production manager. Start date: Nov. 1st, 2013 (flexible) Deadline for applications: Oct. 5th, 2013. F/T term position (1 yr w/possibility of extension). Job Description: Funding provided by the AAFC Career Focus Program w/focus on the care & feeding of a flock of 1,250 ewes. The successful applicant will oversee all aspects of lambing production as well as the nutritional & flock health requirements. They will be responsible for set up & management of computer records using RFID technology & Farm Works Flock Management Program.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a certificate/diploma or degree in a agriculture related field (in last 3 yrs) interested in sheep & small ruminants & will work with & report directly to the owners. They will be experienced w/all aspects of sheep production, hard working, self motivated, team player. Computer literate (able to produce records on all aspects of production & sales), great communicator/problem solver & be able to perform under pressure. Please email your resume along w/3 references & expected wages to Mitch Millar: mitch@mjmillarranch.com Housing is available to successful applicants. Families welcome. Equal opportunity employer.

Website: www.mjmillarranch.com

CAREERS Help Wanted EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: SILVER WEANLINGS is looking for a full-time swine technician.

Silver Weanlings is a 2,800 sow unit located 7-mi SW of Arborg, MB. Weekend work will be required.

Experience an asset, but not required. Starting wage $14.25/hour. Please forward all resumes to silwean@mymts.net HALARDA FARMS IS SEEKING an employee to work w/cattle & in crop production. Valid drivers licence required. The successful applicant will be self-motivated & a team player. No experience needed. Competitive wages & an extensive health & benefit package offered. Halarda Farms is a modern large mixed farm located in the Elm Creek area.

Fax resume to (204)436-3034 or call (204)436-2032.

MANITOBA SHEEP ASSOCIATION is searching for a P/T Secretary. This position will be on an “as needed” basis, approx. 4-5-hrs/week. Successful applicant will: Maintain ledger, attend board meetings & take minutes, schedule & set-up meetings, receive mail & distribute it to required persons, make bank deposits & pay monthly bills, be proficient w/computers, familiar with Excel/Word/Power Point, familiar w/social media, Twitter & FaceBook, be able to work unsupervised, receive phone calls & emails on behalf of the organization, have access to Hi-speed internet, be able to accommodate a dedicated phone line for the organization. The ideal candidate will be a self starter that has an office to conduct business from & deal with the day-to-day running of the MB Sheep Association. You will be someone who is confident dealing with government agencies, the public, other provincial organizations & the board. Please E-mail resume w/references & expected salary to Mitch Millar, Vice Chair MSA. mitch@mjmillarranch.com

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