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Oak Lake area pumpkin patch pulls in the crowds Business owners operate one of Manitoba’s most successful agri-tourism ventures

Culling deer and elk in the area to control bovine tuberculosis could cause predation to spike By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Rossburn

anchers south of Riding Mountain National Park fear a new headache is on the way — increased predator attacks from coyotes and wolves. Efforts aimed at preventing bovine tuberculosis in wildlife from spreading to their cattle herds have slashed the elk population, and now a special whitetail deer season for two zones bordering the west side of the park that offers multiple, free tags to hunters threatens to drastically reduce the available food sources for the predators that prey on them. “The predators are having their McDonald’s taken away. Now what you’re going to have is a predator problem,” said Ed Maydaniuk, who runs a small cattle and horse operation north of Rossburn, and just south of RMNP. Rodney Checkowski, who also ranches in the area and was convicted and fined twice See PREDATORS on page 6 »

Oak Lake area owners of Meandher Creek Pumpkin Patch include Louise Stitt (l to r), Judy Podobni, Don Podobni, Tanis Podobni and Logan Podobni. photo: lorraine stevenson By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff / oak lake

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anis Podobni means business when she pulls out the cookie sheets. “I need 300 bags of six for the weekend,” she says, hands flying as she scoops out dollops of ginger cookie dough. She’ll make several dozen pies while she’s at it. It’s a routine that’s repeated over and over during September and October as she and her husband

Logan, his parents and their nextdoor neighbour welcome visitors to Meandher Creek Pumpkin Patch, the on-farm agri-tourism venture the five jointly own and operate near Oak Lake. What was once a quiet cattle pasture off the Trans-Canada is now a huge farm playground with bright-red buildings, straw bale stacks, zip lines, a cornfield with mazes cut through it, sandboxes, hayrides, and lots and lots of room to run for literally thousands of kids.

From “just an idea” in 2007, the business has become Oak Lake’s biggest seasonal employer, employing about 30 through its nine-week fall season. A sunny Saturday or Sunday will easily see 1,000 people and overall attendance is usually about 11,000 visitors between all the families, school groups and tours that come. Their customers view Meandher Creek as “their farm” for visiting in the fall, says Podobni. See PUMPKINS on page 7 »

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esearchers at the University of McGill believe they are a step closer to understanding what causes pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) in cereals, a phenomenon that costs the global wheat industry as much as $1 billion annually. Scientists have until recently focused on genetic factors and on the interaction between genotypes and the environment in the effort to breed varieties that are resistant to (PHS). McGill researchers now suggest that the solution may lie not with genetics alone, but rather with a combination of genetic and external or epigenetic factors. The team, led by Professor Jaswinder Singh of McGill’s department of plant science, has identified a key gene that acts as a switch to determine how a particular plant will respond to high humidity and excess rainfall by either germinating early (PHS) or not. This switch is to be found in a key gene pathway. “The complex RdDM machinery is composed of several proteins that guide the genome in response to growth, developmental and stress signals. It’s a bit like the plant’s brain,” Singh said in a release. “Although in the past scientists have identified it as the pathway that regulates the way a variety of genes is expressed, until now no one had made the link with PHS.” The McGill team made the discovery by using a variety of genomic and molecular tools to identify specific genes, and then comparing the way that these genes are expressed in

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PHS-resistant versus PHS-susceptible varieties of wheat. “This discovery is important for other cereals like barley as well as for wheat,” said Surinder Singh, a PhD student working on the project. “This means that not only should we be able to avoid the ugly bread and sticky crumbs produced by PHS wheat in future, we should also end up with better beer.” The research was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

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Genetically modified crop pioneers honoured with World Food Prize Talk of protesters baffles local farmers and residents of this Midwestern city By Laura Rance

“It always amazes me at how people are accepting of the latest thing when it comes to cellphones and gadgets for our houses, but they won’t accept technology when it comes to the crops we grow.”

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s he pulled away from the airport, our driver tells us he’s been warned to keep an eye out for the protesters who gathered the day before to picket against the recipients of this year’s World Food Prize. “And I’m thinking, like, how could anybody protest food?” said Larry, the affable pastor’s son who was born in Tennessee, raised in British Columbia, took his military training in Texas and now drives for an executive car service in Iowa. Larry’s puzzlement didn’t last long as he proceeded to fill us in on how this relatively small Midwestern city has become the headquarters for the country’s biggest insurance companies, Wells Fargo and seed giant Pioneer Hi-Bred. And how it gets cold here, cold enough that he and his wife have considered moving elsewhere. The rest of Iowa is all about corn, soybeans and raising pigs. “That’s what it’s known for,” he said. But his question lingered as I took a late-afternoon walk up the six blocks from the hotel to see the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, a magnificent building surrounded by carefully manicured gardens in the city’s centre. Even the World Food Prize, an award celebrating individuals who have contributed to world food security, has become mired in the murky controversies surrounding agriculture and food. I’m here for the week, tagging along on tours organized for foreign journalists by CropLife International and listening in on the Borlaug Dialogues, a confab to discuss world food security involving hundreds of delegates from all over the world held each year in the days leading up to the UN’s World Food Day Oct. 16.

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This year’s food prize laureates, who will be honoured at a special ceremony later in the week, are three scientists who pioneered genetically modified crops: Marc Van Montagu, the founder of the Institute for Plant Biotechnology Outreach, Mary-Dell Chilton, founder of Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., and Robert Fraley, the chief biotechnology officer for Monsanto. “Their work has made it possible for farmers in 30 countries to improve the yields of their crops, have increased incomes, and feed a growing global population,” says the citation. It was an unpopular choice among those opposed to this approach to crop Salford_SFM13-10_09-10.25x3-MC.qxd

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Downtown Iowa is decked out with banners celebrating the World Food Prize. Photos: Laura Rance

improvement. The Des Moines Register reported about 50 protesters organized a March Against Monsanto to kick off “a week of Occupy World Food Prize events” coinciding with what’s come to be known as the Nobel Prize of Agriculture. Protesters were quoted as saying they don’t like being “lab rats,” and they want foods made from GM crops, which includes pretty much anything that contains corn and soybeans, to be labelled. But biotechnology has also become the lightning rod for growing concerns about corporate control over the food supply and big farming in general.

Farmers baffled

None of this makes any sense at all to the farmers who remain unwavering in their support for this technology since they first embraced it in the mid-1990s. “It always amazes me at how people are accepting of the latest thing when it comes to cellphones and gadgets for our houses, but they won’t accept technology when it comes to the crops we grow,” Roger Zylstra, an area farmer and director of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. “I’m a little baffled by that. “We see the advantages of this technology, we see it in the seed’s ability to grow a crop in the conditions we get,” he said, noting Iowa went from crippling drought to excessively wet spring planting conditions within months. “This technology is really one of the things that helps us stay competitive as producers.” Gordon Wassenaar, who grows corn and soybeans on 1,500 acres on his

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Gordon Wassenaar said yields on his farm have doubled during is lifetime.

farm located about one hour east of Des Moines, said genetically modified crops that offer better weed control are part of a bigger package that includes continued improvements in agronomic and yield genetics. But combined, they’ve had a huge effect on his farm’s productivity. “In my lifetime, we’ve almost doubled the yields,” he said. Jeff Wolt, who heads up the Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products at Iowa State University, said people and organizations opposed to GM crops often cite the risks, even though scientific consensus is clear that they pose no unreasonable risks to the health of humans, animals or the environment. “There are very well-trained, very knowledgeable experts who work for activist organizations that go throughout the world and sow seeds of distrust and fear in terms of this technology. That’s just the way it is,” Wolt said. “I think there are probably as many different reasons as you could count.

Roger Zylstra says he is baffled by opposition to genetically modified crops.

Some of them have very honest concerns about the technology, some of them might be anti-multinational companies, others might hold very traditional views, others just might like — some people make their living doing that. It’s no one thing which is why it is so difficult to address.” But Wolt said the debate is muddied by issues that are “what I consider to be the natural outcome of cropping systems and management.” Issues such as herbicide-resistant weeds would have existed with or without genetically modified crops, yet are frequently used to condemn them. “Even if there wasn’t GM crops… we have to deal with pests and the fact that pests build resistance,” he said. “There are a host of things that are important culturally and economically, but they do not relate to whether these products are going to harm you or I or the environment,” he told a group of journalists. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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A policy that worked

eptember 1992 was a damp ending to one of those summers that never was. Farmers were having an awful time getting their crops off and fields cleaned up. I remember it well, because at that time, I lived in a rural area near Winnipeg and I was at home with a newborn in the house. One late September afternoon our home’s smoke detector went off — not because of a fire in the house, but because of stubble Laura Rance burning nearby. As a new and somewhat Editor anxious parent, I considered whether I should relocate my child out of the area until stubble-burning season had passed. Going to the city wouldn’t have been an option, as conditions there were as bad, if not worse. People living in the Winnipeg area at the time were beyond inconvenienced. Those with respiratory issues were being warned to stay indoors or risk being hospitalized. Driving was treacherous due to reduced visibility as the damp autumn air, lack of wind and nighttime air effectively locked the smoke into a dense fog that clung to the landscape. Some individuals in the farming community were recalcitrant, some notably defiant in the press about their right to farm — and burn. The whole affair was casting a long, dark shadow over the entire farming community. Looking back, that was a turning point for the farming community, an awakening to the reality that the high regard nonfarmers had traditionally held for them wasn’t unconditional — it could be shaken. That was the year the province took the unprecedented step of declaring a seven-day state of emergency, temporarily halting what was then the common practice of burning crop residues. At the time, farmers, particularly those in the Red River Valley claimed they had no reasonable alternative to burning. Thanks to no small measure of leadership from the farming community working through Keystone Agricultural Producers, a compromise was struck between farmers, government and city folk that would allow farmers to continue burning residue when conditions were such that the smoke would disperse. By and large, the compromise — a function of regulation, enforcement and building a better understanding about how to manage smoke — has worked. But farming practices have also evolved. This year, smoke was notably absent around Winnipeg. There is no question weather conditions this autumn have been a major factor. But the dry harvest conditions don’t get all the credit. More farmers have come to accept that crop residue has value beyond the role it plays in anchoring the soil and protecting it from wind and water erosion. The rising cost of fertilizer has made the nutrients retained in that residue worth keeping around. Technology in the form of straw choppers has also improved. Removing those residues in any fashion comes at a cost by way of lost nutrients. But if it must be removed, farmers are finding — in current market conditions anyway — that it makes sense to bale the straw and sell it. There is another factor in play — the rise in acreage devoted to corn and soybeans, which is displacing cereal acres in the region. This is not to suggest that stubble burning has been erased from the Manitoba landscape for good. There will undoubtedly be years or changes in market conditions that prompt some farmers to pull out the matches again. But our hunch is that it will be the exception rather than the rule.

Keeping the community feast alive — and customers safe The volunteer committees who work tirelessly to put on the fall suppers taking place across the province have had their hands full keeping up with ever-changing rules governing food safety. Many of these communities have been preparing and serving food without mishap for generations, so it’s hard to accept outside regulators coming in to say the way they are operating is not only illegal, but unsafe. Food preparation skills of yesteryear — when natural selection quickly weeded out people who lacked the skills or acumen to handle food safely — weren’t standardized like they are today. The systems of today assume the worst-case scenarios. They are designed to protect a consuming public that has come

to rely on regulatory systems to replace their lack of knowledge in basic food safety skills. The pressure this places on small community organizations that rely on these suppers as a major fundraiser can be suffocating. As Shannon VanRaes reports, committees in the Argyle area have shared the cost of acquiring thermal carriers and rotate them through the various community suppers. It’s a way of saving money as well as improving food safety. It’s just one of the innovative ways that communities are adapting their practices to keep their community feasts alive — and their consumers safe. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Are Chinese traders exploiting blackout? By Gavin Maguire CHICAGO/REUTERS

he U.S. government’s agriculture trade reporting system may be down, but U.S. grain merchants such as Cargill and ADM remain open for export business with any interested parties. Given the continued escalation of its domestic grain and oilseed cash prices, as well as its reputation for having savvy traders who enjoy operating under the radar, China is a likely candidate for such activity. And right now would be the perfect time to load up on U.S. crop supplies while U.S. traders have their eye off the ball and are unable to track the usual signs of export market activity via government-produced alerts.

Price pressures

Even without the cover of darkness provided by the government shutdown, Chinese traders have plenty of incentive to tap into the U.S. agricultural export stream. Chinese cash prices for wheat, corn and soybeans have all remained persistently firm in recent weeks due to continuing brisk demand levels and low domestic supplies. Wheat prices have been particularly strong due to domestic production issues, and recently scaled their highest levels in more than eight years in key demand centres around the country. Soybean values in China’s main processing and usage areas recently pushed to their highest levels in a year despite record-high import shipments over the summer, indicating an enduring appetite for more overseas supplies. And as the world’s second-largest corn producer after the U.S., China should have access to an abundance of corn towards the end of the year, but even in this market, prices reflect a lingering concern about a potential scarcity of that commodity over the near term.

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edging higher, U.S. crop prices have come under pressure due to the advancing U.S. corn, soybean and spring wheat harvests. This divergence in domestic and major exporter crop prices has no doubt caught the attention of Chinese import traders, who routinely exploit U.S. harvest-slot price pressure to book attractive import contracts with major U.S. exporters. And this year the attractiveness of such deals has been enhanced by the shuttering of U.S. government trade reporting systems, which usually provide market trackers with notices that export deals above a certain size have taken place. U.S. exporters are required to alert the government of any trade deals totalling more than 100,000 tonnes, which the government then usually reports to the market the following business day. In addition, the government issues a weekly report on the amount of crops inspected for export, as well as one on the total actually contracted for sales and/or shipment over the preceding week. Such publications routinely provoke a price response in the markets concerned, as traders typically have their own expectations on trade activity that are either confirmed or denied in the subsequent government publications. For more than a week, those alerting systems have been down just as Chinese versus U.S. crop price spreads have widened to their most attractive levels in months, so it has to be assumed that at least some export market activity has been taking place. Indeed, anecdotal reports from certain trade houses and brokerages suggest export activity levels have been brisk as overseas buyers move to take advantage of the attractive harvest-led price weakness. Alas, there will be no official way of knowing until the government resumes its reports. Gavin Maguire is a Reuters market analyst.

October 1993

his advertisement in the Oct. 14, 1993 issue invited young farm couples to participate as observers at the Manitoba Pool annual meeting. In the fall of 1993, the word “tombstone” may have been the most common one in the coffee shop. After a summer of cool weather and record rainfall, much of the crop was not harvested, and we reported that the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation had received 6,000 claims and expected 14,000 more. Of what was harvested, many Manitoba farmers were seeing tombstone kernels for the first time, meaning they had been infected with the nowfamiliar fusarium head blight. In the U.S., thousands of similarly affected acres had simply been burned on the advice of crop insurance. Much of what was harvested was relatively high yield, and the normal rule of thumb is that high yield equals low protein. On the contrary, much of the harvested 1993 crop was high protein, and a premium had developed for high protein in the U.S., partly because so much of its crop had gone up in smoke. However, since the Canadian crop was graded feed, and eligible for a $1.58 wheat board initial payment, Cargill was paying a 90-cent premium for samples with less than two per cent tombstone. Many farmers later took advantage of the situation by buying their grain from the wheat board and trucking it south for a premium. The heavy and/or written-off crop prompted many farmers to burn their fields in contravention of the new stubbleburning regulations, and on Oct. 14 we reported that 47 farmers had been fined $1,000 each so far.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Is farmer ownership of the CWB a reality, or another smokescreen? The board is offering farmers equity but not full control of the privatized Canadian Wheat Board By Dean Allen Harder

he appointed board of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s CWB (formerly the Canadian Wheat Board) has finally made a move in this saga known as a transition towards privatization. It says it will give farmers a $5 stake in the “new company” for every tonne of wheat they sell through the CWB in the 2013-14 season. As a farmer, I have to say that I am captivated by the idea that perhaps I will once more be allowed a voice in the say of the state of the CWB, which I had only two years ago when democratically farmer-elected representatives still ran the former CWB. Does this $5 fix mean that the Ritz appointees want to finally put control back into the hands of farmers by turning it into a co-operative? After all, Ritz earlier stated: “(The new CWB) could be a business corporation, a producer co-op, or a not-forprofit corporation. The business model will be for the board and farmers to decide.”

Or was this another smokescreen? A $5 share for an entire tonne of grain gives a farmer as much control as playing “Roll up the Rim” at Tim’s. Sources are saying the CWB board is only interested in giving farmers minority control of the organization while still seeking majority private control to increase their war chest. Of course if they used their imaginations, they could find a strong amount of capital through a “new-generation” co-operative model where farmers take equal majority control and investor shares are kept separate. Instead, this feels like another example of the big boys making sure this “farmers working together” thing doesn’t get out of hand. We cannot forget that this five-person board is not a group of elected farmers, as was the case before Bill C-18. This board is appointed by, and is solely accountable to Minister Ritz. That’s right, the same Gerry Ritz who said he respects the vote of farmers but then ignored the 62 per cent

who wished to keep the single desk intact as a farmer-controlled entity. So why would the CWB bring in equity shares if it isn’t moving towards a co-operative model? Some possibilities: • They need more farmers to sign up in order to pay the bills. • The $17.5-billion farmer-driven class-action lawsuit is still going through the courts. Prime Minister Harper and Mr. Ritz want to blow as much smoke as they can over the reality that farmers have lost big money with the federal decapitation of the CWB. • Partnerships with grain companies aren’t working out as planned. • Pinup girls, ignoring the support base, advertising ploys and football pools just aren’t attracting business. • When the CWB buys grain at port from grain companies and then tries to sell it for a higher price across the ocean, it just looks bad to farmers if they don’t have any ownership in the process.

• Giving private companies all the earnings and assets of the CWB might be hard for the Competition Bureau to swallow all at once. At the end of the day, we’re getting a sense from Gerry Ritz and his five stooges that they think farmers do not have the mental capacity to be given majority or co-operative control of a grain company. Or even worse, that he’s taking direction from the private grain companies and doesn’t want to ruffle those major Conservative supporters. It’s time for the Ritz-appointed CWB board and the Conservatives to change face and stop offering up the CWB as a golden calf to private companies, as was done in Australia. That is a recipe for failure. It hurts on-farm sustainability and it weakens longterm rural community development by handing control over to international players. Stop the smokescreens, Mr. Ritz. It’s time to clear the air. Dean Allen Harder farms at Lowe Farm.

Antibiotics in meat: Does the science matter? Canada has little knowledge of the level of antibiotic use in agriculture By Ronald Doering food lawyer

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egulators and industry have insisted for years that the prudent use of antibiotics in agriculture poses no human health risk. Used properly and following withdrawal periods, they argue that there are no drug residues at the time of slaughter. They say that there is still no clear scientific evidence that the antibiotics used in livestock production contribute to the growing public health problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans. But the recent call by the Ontario Medical Association for an immediate ban on the use of antibiotics to promote animal growth, and reports of strong regulatory action being taken by several other countries, has consumers wondering. And, if there’s no problem, consumers ask, why are we seeing the proliferation of meat labels with “no antibiotics” claims? What the heck is going on here? It is estimated that 88 per cent

Many consumers are scientifically illiterate, but they’re not stupid.

of the antibiotics produced or imported into Canada are given to animals. While antibiotic use for treating animals with disease is widely accepted, what is being questioned is the widespread use for the treatment of subclinical disease, for disease prevention and for improving growth production. That concern is compounded by the fact that gaps in our regulatory system mean that Canada has little knowledge of the level of antibiotic use in agriculture. Veterinarians can prescribe drugs for purposes not indicated on the product label (extra-label use), and we still allow livestock producers to import veterinary drugs for their own use (OUI) and bulk active pharmaceutical ingre-

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dients (API) that can be mixed into feed on farm, even though these have never been subject to Canadian risk assessment. Even in the absence of clear science linking antibiotic use in agriculture with AMR, industry and regulators have introduced many guidelines, voluntary codes and programs to mitigate the risk. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association issued prudent-use guidelines in 2002. The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada is pressing for the modernization of the Feeds Regulations to reduce industry’s reliance on antimicrobials. The Canadian Pork Council’s excellent quality assurance scheme (CQA), which applies to 90 per cent of hogs slaughtered in Canada, prohibits OUI and limits API. Health Canada has developed a number of guidelines and is working on a new policy for minimizing AMR from antimicrobials in veterinary medicine and animal food production. The poultry industry is funding research and points out most of the antibiotics used prophylacti-

Old ways and new not mutually exclusive In an editorial on October 3, Cam Dahl claimed that “misguided cityfolk” promoting local, organic and natural food are wanting, “food produced like it was 1930” forcing farmers into living conditions with, “no running water, wood heat, a standard of living below poverty, one-room school education, even longer work hours, etc.” Cam’s editorial uses a straw man argument where one “side” is constructed, misrepresented, and then vilified. I see two straw men who unfortunately are loudly distorting the debate on food and farming: the Dumb Industrial Farmer and the Ill-informed Unreasonable Consumer.

cally by chicken growers are not prescribed to humans. I was a speaker recently at two meetings of major trade associations where I raised the matter as one that I thought deserved to be more fully discussed — a view that was not shared by all participants. Even regulators seemed reluctant to talk about it. Interestingly, at one of these meetings, the chief scientist for the American Meat Institute (AMI) announced that the organization had decided that its No. 1 research priority was the problem of antibiotics in meat, as it was already a large and growing controversy in that country. Many consumers are scientifically illiterate, but they’re not stupid. If there’s no problem, they ask, why are so many other major countries tightening their regulations? And why do we see such a proliferation of “antibiotic-free” labels at meat counters? Aren’t these processors and retailers implying that their meat is safer than meat that doesn’t make the claim? If not, they are promoting

I have spent the better part of this decade undertaking research where I have discussed these issues with hundreds of research participants — small and large farmers, cooks, butchers and chefs, men and women, young and old, and urban and rural. I have learned that most of us are thoughtful, analytic and open to discussion. And that we all care deeply about food, health and community. I don’t mean to pick on Cam. Yet his editorial had me imagining standing across the boxing ring from him. However, despite our obvious differences, we likely have many common values. Such mudslinging is hardly productive as it creates sharp divisions and forces us into opposing camps. Then we dig into our trenches, blinded by righteousness.

a false impression, something that is illegal under Section 5 of the Food and Drugs Act. Aren’t consumers entitled to infer that other meat contains antibiotics or else they would also make the claim? I’m just an old lawyer not qualified to assess the science. But, it seems to me, while the many voluntary guidelines, codes and programs may serve to significantly minimize the science risk, they are useless or worse to address the perception risk. Even if the science is unsettled, even if there is no risk at all, the debate may be over before it starts as concerned consumers choose increasingly to buy only meat labelled as antibiotic free. As we have seen in organic labelling, for many middle-class Canadians at least, the perception risk can trump the scientific risk, and the science doesn’t really matter. Ronald Doering is a past president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He is counsel in the Ottawa offices of Gowlings. Contact him at Ronald. doering@gowlings.com.

At that point, the opportunity to work across our differences is lost. There certainly has to be a better way. I want to dissect another straw man advanced in Cam’s article: the foolish nostalgic “foodie” who rejects modern technology seeking to return to a past that never existed. Are traditional and modern technologies mutually exclusive? I think not. The past is not as idyllic as often portrayed. Modern technology is not as universally beneficial as frequently argued. We should use and combine both modern and traditional technologies as a means towards an end: healthy, sustainable and economically viable farming and food systems. Colin Anderson Winnipeg, Man.

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FROM PAGE ONE PREDATORS Continued from page 1

over disputes with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s TB eradication efforts, echoed Maydaniuk’s concerns. “You’re solving one problem by creating another,” he said. Living next to a vast reservoir of wildlife leads to all sorts of problems, he added. Ranchers in the area have been forced to muster and test their herds for bovine TB for years, and some have blamed the practice for mysterious ailments and abortions in their herds. The ranchers voiced their concerns at a recent workshop hosted by the Livestock Predation Protection Working Group that formed last year with representatives from the provincial government, the Manitoba Trappers Association, MBP and the Manitoba Sheep Association. Mamoon Rashid, the provincial sheep and goat specialist, offered up a host of suggestions for reducing predation losses to wolves and coyotes. “No one tool is going to work, but a combination of things will work,” said Rashid, who added that management practices can play a major role in preventing losses. “Some sheep producers live in the middle of coyote country and have never lost a lamb, but their next-door neighbour loses lambs every other day.” Apart from the usual advice, such as improved fencing, night penning, and the use of various breeds of livestock guardian dogs, he suggested that ranchers under extreme pressure from predators try changing their calving dates. By adjusting breeding schedules to see calves or lambs dropped at the same time as

Barry Verbiwski of Manitoba Conservation discusses provincial wildlife management policy at the recent predator control workshop in Rossburn. photos: Daniel Winters

natural food sources for predators are abundant, or with an eye on putting stronger and more mobile calves out on pasture, herds can be made less vulnerable. “Afterbirth attracts coyotes. Once they start coming for the afterbirth, they are going to look for better stuff, like a steak,” said Rashid, who advised strict sanitation measures, prompt disposal of deadstock, and fencing off compost piles. Checkowski said the practice of bear baiting using cattle entrails by hunters trying to lure bears out of the park should be stopped. Maydaniuk also spoke out against the practice. He is not against bear hunting, but he is annoyed that the bait stations bring more bears than usual into the area. Also, because

hunters only want to kill the largest trophy animals, they leave the undesirable bears after the season roaming the area looking for a free lunch. “Once the bear season is over and the bait barrels are empty, I get a bear behind my house,” said Maydaniuk. One participant at the meeting challenged Maydaniuk’s claim, arguing that ending the practice might make the problems worse. “Escalate? When I was a kid, I never saw a bear because the bears moved around and didn’t congregate in one place,” said Maydaniuk. Barry Verbiwski, head of the fur-bearer and human-wildlife conflict unit of Manitoba Conservation, said that a spike in predator populations and increased compensation claims

Mamoon Rashid, the provincial sheep and goat specialist speaks to Rossburn-area farmers about predator control.

“The predators are having their McDonald’s taken away. Now what you’re going to have is a predator problem.” Ed Maydaniuk

that began a few years ago led to an extension of the coyote harvesting season. “We don’t have any fear that the wolf will become endangered in Manitoba, and certainly not the coyote,” said Verbiwski. He noted that the smaller canine is “the most adaptable” predator in the world, and is

No. 4 on his department’s list of wildlife complaints. The coyote season in the southern half of the province has been extended year round, and any holder of a $5 fur harvesting permit can hunt or trap as many as they want. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Stress a key factor in causing bee colonies to fail Exposure to pesticides is a contributing factor but not the sole cause Staff

eonicotinoid pesticides may not directly kill bees but they do have detrimental effects on how bees function, scientists from Royal Holloway University say. Researchers say the bee behaviour changes at low-level exposure and they stop working properly for their colonies. The results showed that exposure to pesticides at levels bees encounter in the field, has subtle impacts on individual bees, and can eventually make colonies fail. “One in three mouthfuls of our food depend on bee pollination,” said lead author, John Bryden from the School of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway. “By understanding the complex way in which colonies fail and die, we’ve made a crucial step in being able to link bee declines to pesticides and other factors, such as habitat loss and disease which can all contribute to colony failure. “Exposing bees to pesticides is a bit like adding more and more weight on someone’s shoulders. A person can

keep walking normally under a bit of weight, but when it gets too much — they collapse. Similarly, bee colonies can keep growing when bees aren’t too stressed, but if stress levels get too high the colony will eventually fail,” he said in a release. “O u r re s e a rc h p r ov i d e s important insights to the biology of pollinators,” said coauthor Professor Vincent Jansen. “It is intriguing that the way in which bees work together is the key to their success, but could also contribute to their decline and colony failure.” The research was funded as part of the 10-million-pound Insect Pollinators Initiative, set up to understand the causes of pollinator declines and safeguard future pollination services. “Pesticides can have a detrimental effect on bees at levels used in the field,” said co-author Nigel Raine. “Our research will provide important evidence for policy-makers. The way we test pesticides, the way we assess their impact on bees, and the way we manage pesticides can all be improved.”

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PUMPKINS Continued from page 1

“Basically, it’s become like their Uncle Don’s farm to visit,” she says. “Uncle Don” is her father-inlaw, Don Podobni, an Oak Lake cattle producer turned host farmer at the site, wearing his signature hat and greeting visitors who come to meet “a real farmer.” The enterprise started with discussions on farm diversification with their friend and neighbour Louise Stitt, says Don. Stitt and Don’s wife Judy began by looking at the concept of a pumpkin patch, popular in Ontario, and after visiting sites down east, came home pumped to try it here. They grew a few pumpkins and held cook-outs in the first year, says Don. “It was very basic, but people who came seemed to like it and had fun,” he says. “Then it just kind of kept growing from there.” What they discovered was a huge, untapped enthusiasm for visiting a “real farm.” Families and school groups come from all over the province, as far away as Winnipeg and Regina, says Tanis. “We kind of drew a circle and thought we could draw people from within an hour’s drive,” she said. “But we’ve had people who far exceed that. It’s not at all unusual to take a look in the parking lot and see Saskatchewan and North Dakota licence plates.” It’s also a hit with locals. “It’s usually a 50-50 split,” says Logan, who always asks those piling on for a hayride who has been there before. “Lots have been coming for the full seven years we’ve been open,” he notes. They have set rates for visiting families and school groups. They move a mountain of squash, gourds, pumpkins, and seasonal vegetables through a small produce barn, and sell more trinkets and pumpkin patch paraphernalia through an on-farm store. This year, they added a commercial kitchen where Tanis now bakes her zillions of cookies and pies. It took awhile to stretch his farmer’s head around operating such a venture, and he had to start thinking like one of his young customers, says Don. “It was trying to imagine what people would want to do when they came to the farm,” he said. “We’ve been exposed to most of this stuff all our life, but to understand what people want to do when they get here and then try and have that available

On September and October weekends thousands of youngsters visit the Oak Lake-area pumpkin patch, either with their own families, or as part of school tours and other youth groups. PHOTOS: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Tanis Podobni is in charge of the kitchen and bakes thousands of cookies and pies during the fall season.

for them when they get here, that was one of the biggest things. “Once you can get your head around that, it’s a matter of making it as good as you can for them. And it seems to be working.” Their five-person ownership model has been key. It not only allows them to operate the business around their other day jobs, but each brings a diverse

range of skills and expertise, says Logan, a full-time IT co-ordinator with the provincial ambulance dispatch. “Each of us has our own thing that we’re really good at,” he said. “Dad and I are good at electrical engineering and plumbing and building and welding. Louise is our horticulturalist and she looks after the varieties of pumpkins that we grow, and when to plant, when

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to pick. Mom looks after the staffing and a lot of the financials for us. And Tanis does all the baking and looks after the store and staff.” T h e y a re a l s o i n d e b t e d t o t h e i r s t a f f , a d d s Ju d y. Meandher Creek has become a popular place, particularly among local teens, to get a part-time job. “We have absolutely fantastic staff. We could not do this

without them,” she said. “Last weekend we had 1,500 people here and you’re just running. We count on our staff.” Payroll is their biggest operating expense, topping out at around $30,000 annually. Insurance costs are also significant and they’ve also made significant capital investments. It’s cash flowing back to the local economy. “We probably spend as much at the lumberyard as anywhere else, building these different things,” adds Don. The business earns modest revenues, says Logan. “We make enough to make it worthwhile, but we don’t obviously get rich at it,” he said. “In the end it pays off, because not only is this a business but it’s also fun. This is the most fun job I’ve ever had.” “We enjoy this,” adds Stitt. “We’ve become a family tradition. It’s the kids. We love to see the faces on those kids.” Meandher Creek Pumpkin Patch (www.pumpkinfun.ca) is one of five agri-tourism ventures sharing best practices in a Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives-led seminar series earlier this year. It is aimed at encouraging other farm owners to think about ways to incorporate marketing farm-based experiences to the public. lorraine@fbcpublishing.

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Government grants available to farmers and processors for food safety initiatives Producers can get cost-sharing grants for storage, sanitation, biosecurity, plant and animal health, and animal welfare, as well as surveillance and emergency preparedness systems By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

wide-reaching food safety program has been launched in Manitoba as part of Growing Forward 2. The $2-million program, called Growing Assurance — Food Safety, will provide costshare grants of up to $25,000 to producers and processors. “This is about ensuring food safety from farm to fork,” Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn said at a press conference in Winnipeg. For example, food processors can apply for funding to cover 65 per cent of the cost of establishing a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point program. Upgrades to food safety programs or establishing a traceability system are eligible for cost sharing of 50 per cent, up to $10,000.

“Consumers today are asking, ‘Where is my beef coming from? Where is my pork coming from?’” said Kostyshyn. “Food safety is a priority” for his government, said Interlake MP James Bezan, adding the on-farm component of the program will help producers address issues such as storage, sanitation, biosecurity, plant and animal health, and animal welfare, as well as surveillance and emergency preparedness systems. A portion of the $2 million will support programming for the Verified Beef Production program and biosecurity programming based on the Canadian Swine Health Board standards. The program is open to both small and large producers and processors, noted Ken Werner, president of Winnipeg Old Country Sausage.

“It’s putting everybody on the same page, we’re playing on the same field,” Werner said. “Whether you’re a small guy just making a little bit of stuff or a large business, people are still eating what you’re making and people want to know that product is going to be safe.” The grants will put additional safety programs within the reach of smaller and mid-size businesses, he said. When he first brought in comprehensive food safety programs more than a decade ago, the owner of the century-old business thought it would be a hassle, but time proved him wrong. “It worked out really well, and our employees are really engaged in the process,” Werner said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Manitoba’s agriculture minister, Ron Kostyshyn, makes an announcement about food safety, while MP James Bezan looks on. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

WHAT’S UP

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Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762. Oct. 17: Keystone Agricultural Producers general council meeting, 9:30 a.m., PCU Centre, 245 Royal Rd. S., Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204-697-1140. 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. 25-26: Manitoba Association of Home Economists conference and AGM, Centro Caboto, 1055 Wilkes Ave., Winnipeg. For more info call 1-866-261-0707. Oct. 28: Manitoba Beef Producers District 11 meeting, 6 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 3 Main St. E., Ashern. For more info call 1-800772-0458 or visit www.mbbeef.ca. Oct. 29: Manitoba Beef Producers District 2 meeting and elections, 6 p.m., Cartwright-Mather Merry Makers Club, 600 Broadway St., Cartwright. For more info call 1-800-772-0458 or visit www. mbbeef.ca.

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Nov. 4: Manitoba Beef Producers District 13 meeting, 7 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 19 Burrows Ave. N., Gilbert Plains. For more info call 1-800-772-0458 or visit www. mbbeef.ca.

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Grain industry reacts to CGC’s insurance-based security scheme The plan is generally supported but KAP is disappointed protection won’t be extended to feed mill sales Deductible

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

esponse to the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) proposal to replace its current producer security program with an insurance scheme is mostly positive. But support is contingent on the new program being cheaper than the current one — something the CGC says will be the case, even though no figures have been released yet. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants non-licensed grain buyers, including feed mills, to be covered too. That’s not going to happen when the new scheme is implemented in December or early next year, said CGC spokesman Rémi Gosselin. However, the CGC might consider it in the future, he added. KAP has pushed for that change since Puratone went broke last year owing dozens of Manitoba farmers more than $1 million. “We would encourage the minister (of agriculture) and (CGC) chief commissioner to keep moving in that direction,” said KAP president Doug Chorney. National Farmers Union president Terry Boehm said the insurance scheme will mask the problems that cause grain buyers to fail, such as poor transportation service or some other factor.

The CGC’s plan to switch its farmer security program to an insurancebased scheme is generally being supported, but KAP president Doug Chorney says KAP is disappointed feed mills won’t be covered. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

Currently CGC-licensed western Canadian grain companies must post security to cover what they owe farmers for the grain they’ve delivered. “While the current model has been relatively successful, it is expensive for both licensees and the CGC to administer,” the CGC says in a web document discussing the proposed changes. “The current model is based on a costly reporting structure and results in a high volume of work duplication. A high volume of security shortfalls can occur, and there are no efficiencies of shared cost and shared risk.”

Under the proposed program all grain company defaults to farmers would be covered up to an annual maximum of $100 million, with a five per cent deductible. The deductible, which doesn’t exist now, is intended to encourage farmers to be more careful who they deliver to. Company premiums will be based on how much they buy and their risk of going broke. “We are still uncertain on how the costs will come out exactly,” said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents the major elevator companies. “It will be superior if we can keep our costs down.” Premium costs will soon be available to companies, Gosselin said. KAP is disappointed the new program includes a deductible. “My message to members is to take more time to see who is qualified to buy their grain,” Chorney said. KAP also wants farmers to have as much time to report a default as they do now, which is 90 days, or 30 days after a cheque has been issued. A cheaper security program will save grain companies money, which they can use to bid on farmers’ grain, Chorney said.

The combination of recent changes to CGC user fees and converting to an insurance-based security scheme will cut grain company licensing fees to $3,000 a year instead of $6,000, Gosselin said. Savings will come through reduced administration costs. “Part of the work is being done by the insurance company (Atradius Credit Insurance, which is running the insurance scheme with CGC oversight),” Gosselin said.

Lower cost

The CGC will continue to conduct field audits of grain companies, track annual grain company purchases and collect and audit their financial statements, he said. However, the companies will no longer have to report monthly to the CGC how much they owe farmers. The CGC says small companies spend 21 hours a month preparing those reports, while medium and large firms average 13 hours a month. Assuming 24 hours of preparation at a $150 an hour it costs companies $3,600 a month, the CGC says. Under an insurance program companies will no longer have to collectively post around $1 billion to cover farmer liabilities. That will also save companies money. Annual farmer payouts under the CGC program have averaged

$723,000 (inflation adjusted), over the last 32 years, the CGC says. The biggest payout was $6.75 million (inflation adjusted), in 1981. Sixty per cent of the time there was a year with at least one default. Actuaries estimate the annual loss due to grain company defaults is $3.6 million a year. That’s higher than the historical average, but also includes the possibility of a large company failing. Add a five per cent deductible and limit the annual total payout to $100 million and the annual loss estimate drops to $2.6 million, the CGC says. There have been calls for changes to the CGC’s security program on and off for years, in part because of the headaches and liability it creates for the CGC. Several years ago Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, pointing to payout shortfalls, said the program didn’t work well. He suggested farmers create and administer their own program. Farm groups said there should be no changes until an acceptable replacement was up and running. A 2009 study prepared by Scott Wolfe Management concluded there are several viable options, including insurance as well as the current program. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

October 11, 2013

Major marketings expected as harvest draws to close

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 74.00 - 79.50 D3 Cows 65.00 - 72.00 Bulls 85.00 - 91.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) 110.00 - 137.50 (801-900 lbs.) 125.00 - 148.00 (701-800 lbs.) 136.00 - 153.00 (601-700 lbs.) 148.00 - 164.00 (501-600 lbs.) 165.00 - 186.00 (401-500 lbs.) 170.00 - 193.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 110.00 - 128.25 (801-900 lbs.) 118.00 - 139.00 (701-800 lbs.) 128.00 - 142.50 (601-700 lbs.) 125.00 - 143.50 (501-600 lbs.) 125.00 - 145.00 (401-500 lbs.) 145.00 - 173.00 Alberta South $ — — 74.00 - 84.00 65.00 - 74.00 — $ 134.00 - 146.00 140.00 - 155.00 145.00 - 159.00 152.00 - 167.00 159.00 - 176.00 171.00 - 193.00 $ 123.00 - 133.00 127.00 - 140.00 130.00 - 145.00 134.00 - 150.00 138.00 - 154.00 143.00 - 168.00

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.) (850+ lbs.)

(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.)

Heifers

Futures (October 11, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change October 2013 128.30 0.88 December 2013 132.18 0.41 February 2014 133.88 0.32 April 2014 134.95 0.15 June 2014 129.75 0.10 August 2014 128.00 0.20

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Week Ending October 5, 2013 54,575 14,342 40,233 NA —

Finding westbound backhauls for cattle may be an issue Brandon Logan CNSC

Ontario $ 101.74 - 128.00 102.37 - 122.15 51.67 - 77.72 51.67 - 77.72 75.89 - 97.69 $ 144.82 - 157.32 143.25 - 160.72 134.49 - 168.71 142.80 - 180.66 152.03 - 191.34 153.01 - 199.62 $ 122.31 - 134.34 130.18 - 145.32 133.13 - 149.70 127.65 - 160.40 134.67 - 170.43 140.62 - 180.07

Close 165.93 167.93 167.83 167.05 167.48 167.35

Change 1.83 2.31 2.42 2.58 2.53 2.65

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year 40,814 14,330 26,484 NA —

Week Ending October 5, 2013 574 24,687 18,504 1,159 1,095 7,984 193

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 332 19,527 14,080 902 704 4,597 27

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 181.00E 167.00E 172.24 179.48

Futures (October 11, 2013) in U.S. Hogs October 2013 December 2013 February 2014 April 2014 May 2014

Last Week 185.46 172.00E 179.75 183.16

Close 90.25 86.65 89.30 90.05 93.20

Last Year (Index 100) 157.18 144.87 145.01 147.37

Change -1.05 -0.12 0.15 0.40 0.15

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

$1 Cdn: $ .9629 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0385 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: October 11, 2013

Winnipeg (950 head) (wooled fats) — Next sale is Oct. 16 — —

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 October 13, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.000 Undergrade .............................. $1.910 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.985 Undergrade .............................. $1.885 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.985 Undergrade .............................. $1.885 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.905 Undergrade............................... $1.820 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 65.07 - 122.09 143.77 - 175.93 192.63 - 208.49 192.12 - 214.41 129.10 - 217.37 —

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

attle volume was lower than seasonal levels during the week ended Oct. 11, due to favourable harvest weather that kept many producers at home combining their fields rather than marketing cattle, said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying Co. “Numbers were lower than the seasonal volumes, due to very good harvest conditions and a wet forecast for the end of the week,” he said. “A lot of producers that normally would have marketed cattle, stayed home and either put up hay, straw, silage or combined. They were scrambling to get stuff done before the rains hit and the forecast was dead on.” Wright said he expects the next few weeks to see increased volumes, as harvest slows down and nears an end. “Traditionally, the two biggest marketing weeks in the fall in Manitoba are the last week of October and the first week of November,” he said. “So we expect them to be very busy weeks with the cattle that missed the early marketing coming in. “We’re still behind a good two weeks in marketing volumes on the calves, but the yearlings are on target.” With a large volume of cattle only weeks away, Wright said transportation could become a big issue for buyers. “Transportation into Eastern Canada and into Western Canada for cattle has become an issue this year, and we’re a little concerned when the big volumes hit over the next couple weeks, that we may find some difficulty getting enough iron to put under these cattle to move them to their destinations in a timely fashion,” he said. “It’s always tight going east and west, and it’s never been a problem, but we’ve had a few shifts in the commerce end of it that could hurt. For instance, (hog producer) Big Sky used to send all of their pigs from the west in Brandon for slaughter, but since Olymel has taken over (as owner of Big Sky), they’re going into Red Deer now. So we have a lot less western trucks coming in looking to haul cattle back.” Looking east, the time it takes to transport cattle in that direction has caused some concerns. “Guys don’t want to drive the 48-hour trip to Ontario or Quebec,” Wright said. “So it’s a bit of a concern for us with the calves coming in on big volumes. They’re perishable, so they have to be moved in a timely fashion.” Feeder prices were strong again this week, Wright said, noting most interest came from the U.S. and Eastern Canada.

“We saw a lot of activity from Eastern Canada on the exotic calves, and we saw the Americans be very aggressive on the yearlings that were for sale.”

“Bit of uncertainty”

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government, which is in its third week, hasn’t affected U.S. interest, but it could if it goes on for the long term. “There’s a little bit of uncertainty out there, but right now the meat inspectors in the U.S. are an essential service, so they’re still working, and that means packing plants are still functioning,” said Wright. “As long as they’re functioning, they’re still taking finished cattle out of the lot and that creates room for new inventory to come in. “Border crossings have been a little bit less easy to get across, and it’s an inconvenience, but we’re still marketing cattle through the border,” he added. “If the shutdown lasts for a very long time, it may have a bigger impact on things, but right now the impact has been minimal.” U.S. interest was also up because of the weakness seen in the Canadian dollar throughout most of the week. The loonie opened the week at US97.16 cents, but closed significantly lower on Oct. 11 at 96.58 cents. Butcher cattle prices remained steady, with small volumes this week, Wright said. “ We d i d n’t s e e m a n y f e d c a t t l e i n Manitoba marketed this week, but the cow market was steady with the previous week, as a high percentage of cows went into the U.S.,” he said. “We’re still seeing good age-verified cows bring us three- to fivecent premiums over the non-age-verified cows, so that shows the American influence there.” Heading into the long, cold Manitoba winter, forage supplies are expected to be good, but Wright said the quality is not the best he’s seen. “There’s some volume out there, but the quality is suspect, because a lot of areas had a lot of rain over the summertime,” he said. “I think that’s one of the reasons that we’ve had delayed marketing over the fall, because there was no surplus of feed carried over from last year, especially hay and straw. Producers in Manitoba are scrambling to put up every bit of quality feed that they can, and they’re getting it home so it’s not trapped in the fields in case we get early snow. “We’re not going to have a shortage this year, but I don’t think there is any big surplus out there either as of today.” Brandon Logan writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

“We’re still seeing good age-verified cows bring us three- to five-cent premiums over the non-age-verified cows.” rick wright

Winnipeg (320 head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids — 156.34 - 258.37 Billys — — Mature — 122.59 - 241.04

Horses <1,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 5.00 - 15.00 20.00 - 40.00

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Last Week

All prices close of business October 11, 2013

Traders proceed with caution during U.S. shutdown A weaker loonie has helped underpin canola values

Week Ago

Year Ago

Wheat

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

252.04

2.85

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

274.36

8.17

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

172.83

-6.99

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

203.44

-3.08

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

467.98

-15.80

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

862.60

-58.87

Coarse Grains

oilseeds

Terryn Shiells CNSC

CE Futures Canada canola futures moved slightly higher during the week ended Oct. 11 amidst a rally seen in world vegetable oil markets, including Malaysian palm oil, Chicago soyoil and European rapeseed futures. Steady commercial demand continued to underpin the market, as did general weakness in the value of the Canadian dollar throughout the week. The softer Canadian currency makes canola more attractive to crushers and exporters. Also providing support for canola futures was a general slowdown in farmer selling, as many producers are content to store their grain and wait for stronger prices. Many farmers have already sold what they wanted to off the combine, as harvest is nearing completion in many regions. In Manitoba, about 70 per cent of the canola crop was harvested as of Oct. 7, according to the weekly crop report from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. About 88 per cent of Saskatchewan’s canola crop was in the bin as of Oct. 7 and 85 per cent was done in Alberta as of Oct. 4, crop reports from those provinces’ governments said. Though the harvest is far along in many areas, rains expected over the Thanksgiving long weekend may slow the end of harvest in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Canola futures held up much better than Chicago soybean futures, possibly because of spreading between the two commodities, with traders covering shorts in canola and longs in soybeans. Going forward, the path of least resistance remains pointed lower in canola due to the expected record-large Canadian canola crop, which could exceed 16 million tonnes. Weakness is also expected to come from spillover from the Chicago soybean futures market, which moved lower during the week. The losses in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans were linked to harvest pressure and reports of good yields in the U.S. — but there is still a bit of caution in the markets due to some uncertainty surrounding the size of the U.S. soybean crop. A number of private estimates of the size of the U.S. soybean crop have been released recently, but traders aren’t confident that they know how big the crop will be, due to the lack of reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA was scheduled to release its monthly crop report on Oct. 11, but because of the U.S. government shutdown, there was no report.

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Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business October 11, 2013 barley

Private estimates give some idea of how yields look for the U.S. soybean crop, but traders are more confident in USDA’s numbers because its survey is much larger. Futures could find some support from the uncertainty about the size of the crop, either until harvest is far enough along that it’s clear enough how big the crop will be, or until the U.S. government shutdown ends and USDA releases information about the size of the crop. Corn futures in Chicago also moved lower during the week, with harvest pressure and reports of good yields undermining values, though there was still some caution due to the lack of information from USDA. Traders are also starting to look ahead to the upcoming South American corn and soybean crops, and so far, weather looks to be favourable. The soybean crop is expected to be record large, which will be a bearish influence on that market. The South American corn crop isn’t expected to be as big as last year’s, but will still be large enough to put some downward pressure on the Chicago corn market. Continued pressure from advancing harvest activities is also expected to be bearish for Chicago corn and soybean futures going forward. Kansas City, Chicago and Minneapolis wheat futures managed to keep moving higher during the week, with concerns about global wheat production underpinning values. Planting problems in the Black Sea region have people estimating a smaller crop there, as well as in Argentina due to weather problems. As a result, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations lowered its 2013-14 global wheat production estimate by five million tonnes, to 705 million. Export demand continues to be strong for U.S. wheat, which helped to keep a firm floor under all of the futures markets — although things aren’t as clear as they could be due to the lack of weekly USDA export sales reports.

Last Week

Week Ago

October 2013

149.00

December 2013

152.00

March 2014

154.00

Last Week

Week Ago

November 2013

480.10

477.60

January 2014

490.30

486.90

March 2014

497.80

494.10

Canola

Special Crops Report for October 15, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan 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

20.00 - 22.50

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

15.25 - 18.00

Desi Chickpeas

22.25 - 25.00 — 21.40 - 22.50

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

10.30 - 11.00

Medium Yellow No. 1

6.40 - 7.00

—

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

40.00 - 42.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

5.00 - 8.60

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

62.00 - 62.00

Yellow No. 1

37.75 - 38.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

54.00 - 54.00

Brown No. 1

35.75 - 37.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

38.00 - 40.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

38.00 - 40.00

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

— 41.00 - 43.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

19.00

18.85

32.00* Call for details

—

Report for October 14, 2013 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

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

Spot Market

Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

NEWS

India to cut wheat price to boost exports India may soon cut the floor price for exports of wheat from government warehouses by 13 per cent, government sources said on Oct. 15, which could boost shipments and put downward pressure on benchmark prices in Chicago. The move could come after state-run trading firms in the world’s second-biggest wheat producer after China earlier

this month received bids lower than the minimum rate for overseas sales, the sources said. Government warehouses are awash with wheat, with stocks at 36.1 million tonnes as of Oct. 1, substantially higher than a target of 11 million tonnes. The government also has an extra three million tonnes of wheat as strategic reserves. The cabinet in August allowed three government-backed trading companies to export two million tonnes of wheat at a floor price of $300 per tonne plus taxes. But in the first round of export tenders,

two exporters received bids lower than $300 a tonne. That poor response has prompted the government to consider cutting the price. “We could soon lower the price as we do not want to be seen as too rigid, but at the same time let me tell you that there is a good deal of demand for Indian wheat,” a government official involved in the decision-making process said. The government could lower the price to $260 a tonne, said another government source.

Traders do not find the price of $300 a tonne viable. “It is the need of the hour to reduce the price of $300 a tonne, because it is neither workable nor competitive,” said Tejinder Narang, an adviser at trading company Emmsons International. India primarily exports wheat with 11 per cent protein content. For buyers in the Middle East, Indian wheat costs $325 a tonne C. & F., while the same variety from the Black Sea region is available at $275-$280 a tonne C. & F., traders said.

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People, not systems, the key to successful group sow housing Second of two parts on Danish experience with the transition from sow stalls

Electronic sow feeding is popular in Denmark.

Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

eople, rather than the system itself, are the key to successful group sow housing, says Danish researcher Lisbeth Ulrich Hansen, who worked closely with Danish producers as they transitioned from sow stalls. Farm data from Denmark and the Netherlands shows that there is very little difference between systems, she says. However, it is important for producers to spend sufficient time choosing the housing method which is most suitable for them. “It is very important that the producer understands what he is getting when moving to group housing and that he is fulfilling what is important to him, for example individual feeding,” she says. “He needs to feel comfortable and have confidence.” The majority of Danish producers use systems which allow individual feeding, such as electronic sow feeding or freeaccess stalls, because it is generally recognized that close control of feed intake and body condition has a positive effect on performance.

Managing electronic feeding

Electronic sow-feeding (ESF) systems are used by about one-third of producers in Denmark, so there is considerable experience regarding their management. “ESF allows individual feed rationing, the ability to manage feed scales individually, and a large degree of flexibility,” notes Hansen. “The only downside is that there may be some competition

between sows while waiting to feed because, in pigs, group feeding is their natural behaviour.” Danish trial work has shown that starting the feeding cycle during the night resulted in fewer confrontations between sows. “We compared start times of 04.00 and 22.00 hrs. If you start in a period of low activity, there will be less aggression,” says Hansen. “Some producers start at 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. so that they can check that the feeders are working properly before leaving the barn.” Danish experience has led to clear guidelines on the number of sows per feeder. “For pens with only one feeder, 55 is the maximum but, if there are multiple feeders, up to 65 sows per feeder is acceptable,” Hansen says. “Experience shows that if there are more sows per feeder, some may not eat all their feed allowance.” She also says that Danish producers appreciate this and follow the guidelines. Achieving the correct body condition in group systems is very important. “You need a minimum of three feed curves and also one for gilts,” Hansen stresses. Electronic devices are used to read the transponder number of sows in the pen and in some cases production data can be entered and viewed on a hand-held device which can be linked to the feed computer to update feed curves based on body condition. “Sows need to be assessed for body condition at mating, at scanning and in mid-pregnancy to provide the basis for feed scale allocation,” Hansen says. Identification of sows that have not eaten their full ration is vital. “Prior to the end of the daily feeding cycle, a list of sows that have not eaten at least 75

The latest data from about one-third of Danish sows shows 28.8 pigs weaned per sow, an increase of 0.7 on the previous year.

per cent of their ration should be printed off and those sows checked,” she says. “Reduced feed intake could be due to a sow returning to estrus, but is most likely due to lameness or some other health problem.” Hansen notes that quick recognition of the sow when she enters the feeder and rapid delivery of the first dose of feed is essential to avoid frustration. “Timing of feed drops needs to be quicker at the start of feeding when the sows eat faster,” she explains. “A typical sequence might be 100-g drops spaced at zero, five, seven, 10, 12, 15 and 20 seconds, then a drop every 20 seconds, with a 120-second eat-up time. More time is needed for gilts and young sows, so this must be built into the feed curves.”

Free-access stalls are popular

Free-access stalls involve fixed groups of sows and so are easy to manage, which is partly why they are so popular in Denmark. Another reason is that they require fewer hospital pens compared to ESF, according to Hansen. About half of the systems involve liquid feeding and the rest dry feed. Legislation requires that there is at least 3.0 metres between opposing rows of stalls (back to back). “Even with 3.0 metres between stalls, in slatted systems, sows tend to spend most of the time in the stalls,” Hansen notes. “Even where

straw is used, sows don’t spend much time outside the stall, but we don’t really understand why.” Many slatted systems have an area of “nest boxes” with generous straw bedding, which the sows can eat or play with. Free-access stalls are widely used for breeding pens as well as for gestation, but in this case the dunging/exercise area is 5.5 m wide. “Sows are weaned into the pen, then when they are in heat they are confined in the stalls, then two days after mating they are released,” explains Hansen. She says recent legislation will eventually require producers to house sows and gilts in groups at all times, whereas currently stalls are allowed for 28 days after breeding. Danish producers have embraced group sow housing in a positive manner and have implemented it with their usual efficiency. The latest data from about one-third of Danish sows shows 28.8 pigs weaned per sow, an increase of 0.7 on the previous year. High-quality people, combined with good management routines, have been the key to maintaining high levels of production efficiency as producers have moved to group housing. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta and a director of U.K.-based Pig Production Training Ltd.

The Manitoba Co-operator | October 17, 2013

Livestock groups urged to help farmers make full use of new animal care codes Hands-on demonstrations will help put new codes into practice By Alex Binkley co-operator contributor / ottawa

ommodity groups need to become creative in showing livestock farmers how to adapt to new animal care codes of practice, says Ontario sheep producer Fred Baker. “Farmers aren’t going to download a 125-page document telling them how to run their farm,” Baker said at a recent National Farm Animal Care Council conference in Ottawa. “We need to distribute a hard copy of it to them and present the details of it during ongoing education sessions.” Animal care codes have been issued for dairy and poultry sectors, and are being developed for the beef, pork, fox, mink, equine and feedlot sectors. The goal is to help both improve practices and help farmers raise livestock in a way that’s acceptable to humane societies and consumer groups. Baker, who farms near the eastern Ontario community of Mountain and is his sector’s rep on the council, said 85 per cent of sheep producers “won’t be affected” by the code. “Most of them have the production part right,” he said. “The important aspect is the relationship between the farmer and the vet. Our problem is finding enough vets with knowledge of small ruminants.” Farm groups should apply f o r G row i n g Fo r w a rd 2 money to make copies of the care code for every farmer in their sector and distribute them at meetings and events. But the focus should be on hands-on demonstrations of the various components of the code, he said. “Farmers don’t want to be preached at,” he said. For example, sheep producers could be given the

opportunity to inspect lambs that are thin, average, good and too fat. “Let them make a judgment and then they will learn what the code is aiming for,” said Baker. A small percentage of farmers will ignore the code, but the best way to deal with them is to not let them show their animals at fairs and shows, and to stress that adhering to the code can forestall outside interference, he said. Farmers are apprehensive about outside groups, such as humane societies, who “want to tell me how to run my farm,” said Ryder Lee, manager of federal-provincial relations for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. But the codes are based on sound science and intended t o b e p ra c t i c a l g u i d e s, he said. “They’re not just picked out of the air,” said Lee. “Farmers also need to talk to the retail and food-service sectors so they understand what we do and what’s in the code.” There are a lot of misconceptions about the codes, added Baker. “Some think the process has been hijacked by radical animal welfarists who want the same prescriptive rules for large and small operators,” he said. But preventing that sort of scenario was one of the reasons why livestock groups became involved in the development of the codes, he said. “They will provide our sector with good guides.” The key is using them. “The challenge for farm groups is to demonstrate that farmers are complying with the codes to ensure the public will buy into them,” said Geoff Urton, manager of stakeholder relations with the B.C. SPCA.

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Salmonella outbreak sickens hundreds in 18 U.S. states washington / reuters / Hundreds of people in 18 states have become sick from a salmonella outbreak linked to raw chicken products made at three California plants. An estimated 278 illnesses, mostly in California, were caused by strains of salmonella Heidelberg traced to chicken products made at the plants, owned by Foster Farms. The company is working with USDA inspectors and the Centers for Disease Control, and “has retained national experts in epidemiology and food safety technology to assess current practices and identify opportunities for further improvement,” said Foster Farms president Ron Foster. Salmonella Heidelberg, the third most common strain of the pathogen, causes diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, headaches, nausea and vomiting.

Livestock transport certification goes national Voluntary, industry-driven program teaches drivers how to safely and humanely transport livestock By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

he Canadian Livestock Transport (CLT) Certification Program is now up and running coast to coast. Formerly known as the Certified Livestock Transport training program, it was originally developed in May 2007 through Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) in association with its sister animal care associations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, said Geraldine Auston, project co-ordinator for the CLT Certification Program. “It really is industry driven, all the way up from truckers to processing facilities that sit at the table, advising on content along with researchers,” said Auston. “It shows the will of the industry for doing the right thing while they are on the road.” Proponents described it as an innovative, pioneering program of its kind internationally and a leading example of industrydriven leadership in livestock welfare. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Canadian Meat Council recommend it, but it continues to be a voluntary certification program. However, more and more large and small livestock slaughter facilities are beginning to require that their truckers pass the test, said Auston. The launch of newly updated and rebranded CLT marks the formal completion of a transition several years in the making. Some 1,500 truckers have become certified to transport livestock, and the CLT program’s managers expect

“It really is industry driven, all the way up from truckers to processing facilities that sit at the table, advising on content along with researchers.”

Geraldine Auston

more of the estimated 5,000 truckers in the sector to take the voluntary one-day course or complete the new online version now that it has been redesigned to cover the entire country. She described the online version as a “very basic” version of the one-day classroom course that will eventually be upgraded to become more comprehensive and interactive. The online course is aimed at reaching out to more drivers, she added. “We were getting more and more requests from drivers and processors throughout the country who require CLT or some other kind of animal care and transport certifications specific to hauling livestock,” said Auston, in describing how the program evolved from its initial focus on the western provinces to become national in scope. It is designed to expand the scope and reach of CLT to a national initiative and ensure consistent training and delivery from province to province. The Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC), a not-forprofit organization serving Canada’s farmed animal industry, becomes the new official home of CLT effective October 2013.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Oct-09

Oct-08

Oct-10

Oct-09

Oct-07

Oct-10

n/a

No. on offer

1,453

980

470

1,515

1,513

558

942

n/a

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

900-1,000

120.00-143.25

120.00-145.75

130.00-140.50

125.00-144.00

127.00-138.00

n/a

800-900

130.00-151.75

130.00-154.75

135.00-147.50

135.00-152.00

139.00-151.00

n/a

135.00-151.50

n/a

700-800

140.00-156.25

135.00-159.00

138.00-153.50

144.00-158.00

143.00-157.00

145.00-154.00

140.00-162.25

n/a

600-700

143.00-179.00

145.00-169.50

145.00-153.50

150.00-169.00

145.00-163.00

148.00-160.00

150.00-174.25

n/a

500-600

140.00-187.25

155.00-197.00

155.00-173.00

160.00-172.00

154.00-173.00

158.00-178.00

160.00-190.00

n/a

400-500

169.00-193.00

160.00-190.50

165.00-183.00

175.00-195.00

163.00-187.00

160.00-185.00

165.00-200.00

n/a

300-400

184.00-198.00

150.00-188.00

180.00-240.00

185.00-206.00

175.00-195.00

185.00-200.00

165.00-199.00

n/a

110.00-130.75

110.00-114.00

n/a

112.00-125.00

117.00-130.00

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs. 800-900

102.00-139.25

120.00-133.00

118.00-125.00

120.00-131.50

127.00-136.50

n/a

120.00-139.50

n/a

700-800

120.00-143.25

118.00-137.50

125.00-139.50

125.00-140.00

129.00-141.00

122.00-136.50

125.00-144.75

n/a

600-700

138.00-155.50

120.00-145.50

130.00-147.00

130.00-142.00

130.00-143.00

127.00-139.25

130.00-145.25

n/a

500-600

120.00-154.00

125.00-145.50

135.00-148.00

135.00-153.00

134.00-146.50

134.00-150.00

135.00-155.00

n/a

400-500

129.00-159.00

130.00-157.00

140.00-159.00

140.00-155.00

136.00-156.00

155.00-170.00

140.00-158.50

n/a

300-400

144.00-157.00

130.00-170.00

160.00-235.00

145.00-160.00

145.00-170.00

n/a

137.50-158.00

n/a

400

980

1513

558

n/a

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

62.00-73.00

n/a

72.00-76.00

68.00-73.00

60.00-68.00

72.00-78.00

n/a

D3-D5 Cows

45.00 and up

n/a

65.00-72.00

64.00-68.00

n/a

65.00-74.00

n/a

Age Verified

72.00-87.00

n/a

71.00-77.00

68.00-72.00

n/a

Good Bulls

80.00-95.50

75.00-80.00

n/a

83.00-90.00

85.00-91.00

n/a

80.00-93.00

n/a

Butcher Steers

n/a

104.00-109.00

103.00-108.50

n/a

n/n

Butcher Heifers

n/a

102.00-106.00

102.00-107.00

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

75.00-85.00

n/a

75.00-85.00

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

68.00-75.00

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

52.00-62.00

n/a

55.00-91.00

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | October 17, 2013

In search of lateseason protein for beef cattle By grazing annual crops, livestock producers can find some windows of increased available crude protein

Crude protein drops as days get shorter. By Kris Ringwall, beef specialist NDSU Extension Service

attle need energy to survive the big picture, but that survival does not mean much if their daily nutrition is not balanced. Good supplementation programs will help meet these needs. However, as the summer slowly shifts to fall, finding adequate protein is more of a challenge. In general, as cattle graze, there is an expectation that producers match the season of the year with the nutritional requirements cattle need. At the Dickinson Research Extension Center, Songul Senturklu, visiting scholar from Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey, measured the seasonal changes of protein by taking seasonal bimonthly forage samples. Senturklu found cool-season crested wheat grass went from 18 per cent crude protein in early May to 8.5 per cent in early June. The native grasses had 13 per cent crude protein in early June but decreased to a low of seven per cent in early August. No wonder cows with calves like to graze cool-season grass in the spring and then switch to native grass in early summer. The cool-season grass has ample protein to meet the protein requirements for cows in late pregnancy or early lactation. Native grass has excellent summer protein as well and will meet the requirements of most beef cows nursing calves into mid-July. High milk-producing cows struggle to meet their daily nutrient needs before those cows that do not milk as well. Cow-calf operations depend on the nutrients that plants produce to meet the late-calving and early-lactation nutritional requirements for their

Fall is different because the cattle tend to fill up to satisfy their hunger but still not meet all their daily nutrient requirements.

cows in late spring and early summer. The same is true for other cattle types such as replacement heifers and grass calves. Medium- to large-frame grass yearlings may have slightly less crude protein requirements than the beef cow nursing a calf, so the early grass pastures meet those requirements as well. Of course, those requirements are reflective of the gain desired. In recent years, the centre has been running grass yearlings, and two pounds per day seems to be a reachable goal in terms of body weight gain. If a producer was to desire greater gains, the protein requirement will go up, but so will the energy requirement.

Full, but nutrient short

The challenge in beef systems comes once plants start to mature and prepare for fall. These plants dry down as fall arrives and no longer have enough measurable crude protein to sustain early-summer gains. Thus, the search for protein. Cattle operations readily supplement in the winter by feeding hay or, if grazing, putting out a winter grazing supplement. The cows would go hungry very quickly without a supplement. Even an uninformed rancher should get the message that the cows are hungry. However, fall is different because the cattle tend to fill up to satisfy their hunger but still not meet all their daily nutrient requirements, par-

ticularly protein. The centre has been looking at various forages that may provide more protein than the traditional fall grasses through the incorporation of annual crops into the pasture rotations. There are many forages that have yet to be evaluated thoroughly, but Senturklu measured the seasonal change in crude protein for a field pea and barley mixture, as well as corn. In these samples, Senturklu found the field pea and barley mixture to have 27 per cent crude protein in mid-July, followed by 15.8 per cent in mid-August and then decreasing to 13.5 per cent in early September. By adding four to six weeks of a field pea and barley crop mixture to the pasture rotation, available crude protein increases. In addition, unharvested corn also was evaluated. The corn had 18 per cent crude protein in mid-August that gradually decreased to 10 per cent in mid-September and was down to seven per cent by early October. By grazing annual agronomic crops, livestock producers can find some windows of increased available crude protein to feed cattle. The cow and calf will appreciate the increase in available nutrients, and the grass yearling certainly will benefit from the added crude protein. The key is making the economics work. The perpetual question is: “Why not just harvest the grain?” Good question and more on that in another column.

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og production is returning to profitability as feed prices fall, and a reduction in slaughter numbers seems to show that producers are noticing, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says. With a large-yielding corn crop expected this year, feed prices have been decreasing, which has turned around the outlook for hog profits. “This year, the hog outlook is almost the opposite of what it was last year,” Hurt said. “Feed prices, especially corn, have been falling sharply. The hog outlook is profitable, so producers are more likely to be retaining or building the breeding herd and weights are expected to increase as producers hold on to market hogs longer to gain profits on every pound.” The most recent hog numbers available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed that hog inventories are unchanged to somewhat larger compared to a year ago. “Yet slaughter in recent weeks has been very low, seemingly indicating a divergence from USDA’s reading,” Hurt said. Between mid-August and the end of September, slaughter rates dropped by an average of more than five per cent and weekly slaughter rates have been down anywhere from three to 10 per cent.

PEDV effect

One explanation for the perceived difference in USDA’s inventory numbers and slaughter rates could be related to animal deaths from the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDV. The USDA doesn’t track PEDV deaths, so Hurt said those numbers aren’t known for certain and it could be several months before hog markets are able to sort out the effects of the virus. Another explanation for seemingly low slaughter rates could be attributed to the way the indus-

try and markets evaluate herd numbers with year-to-year comparisons. Hogs went to market at higher-than-normal rates in 2012 because high feed prices meant the cost of production was higher than producers could sustain. “What is being viewed as a very low slaughter in recent weeks might be due to an aberration in the slaughter numbers a year ago,” Hurt said. “The unusually high slaughter in the late summer of 2012 was being driven by the drought. Record-high feed prices and large anticipated losses provided a grave outlook for the industry, and some producers began to adjust.” Those adjustments included an increase in sow slaughter and, in some cases, total-herd liquidation a year ago. Now that the outlook has improved, breeding herd expansion has likely started and hogs are being held to higher weights. These factors mean that fewer animals are headed to market right now and prices have strengthened. “Given low slaughter numbers, cash prices of hogs have been sharply higher than in the same period in 2012 when they averaged $55 per live hundredweight,” Hurt said. “With lower slaughter this year, they have averaged about $68 since mid-August.” Higher cash hog prices combined with lower feed costs are the important drivers for a profitable outlook over the next 12 months. Hurt said eastern Corn Belt live-hog prices are expected to average in the mid-$60s in the final quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014. Spring and summer prices are expected to move slightly higher. With the cost of production estimated at $57 per hundredweight, Hurt said cash prices in the mid- to high $60s would mean profits of more than $20 per head. “These profits will enable producers to recover losses of about the same amount in the past year due to the drought,” he said.

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Cold looks to win the battle Issued: Monday, October 14, 2013 · Covering: October 16 – October 23, 2013 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

ou know winter is just around the corner when I start showing the probability of precipitation falling as snow! In the last forecast I mentioned it looked like a battle between warm air to our west and cool air to our east would develop later in the month. Well, the battle may be over before it even starts, as the weather models show cold air winning out. This forecast period starts off with another Colorado low, this time slowly drifting off to our southeast. At the same time another low will track across the northern Prairies. This will drag a cold front down sometime on Thursday, and will drop our high temperatures into the 5 to 8 C range by Friday. We’ll see a cool northerly flow across the region over the weekend that will bring a mix of sun and clouds along with a few showers or flurries. We could see a few pockets of heavier snow leeward of the big lakes. The weather models then show an area of low pressure developing to our northwest

early next week and racing to be over northwestern Ontario by Wednesday. This low will pull some milder air up ahead of it, so we should see high temperatures for the first half of next week back in the low teens. It looks as if most of the precipitation from this low will stay to our north, but we could see some showers or flurries as a cold front pushes south behind the low on Wednesday or Thursday. High temperatures behind this cold front will drop back down into the 5 to 8 C range. Looking further ahead, the weather models hint at a large and very strong ridge of arctic high pressure trying to build to the south near the end of the month. While this is a long way off, it could be a sign of a rapid transition into winter weather to start November. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 4 to 16 C; lows, -6 to 4 C. Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 40 per cent. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) April 1, 2013 to October 8, 2013

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies so far this growing season compared to what we have historically seen. Over Manitoba, western regions have been fairly wet, with a large area seeing high to very high amounts of precipitation. These wet conditions continued across extreme southern regions of Saskatchewan and Alberta, then up into the Foothills region where record levels of precipitation were recorded.

Just what is Indian summer? It looks as though last week nailed all the criteria to fit the description By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

estern Manitoba was once again hit with significant rains late last week as a strong but luckily fast-moving Colorado low lifted almost due north through this region, bringing some heavy rain and thunderstorms. The table shows some of the rainfall totals as compiled by Environment Canada. While the low did bring significant rains to this region it also brought some very warm weather to nearly all areas, which leads to my main topic for this issue. Every year or two I receive an email asking about Indian summer: just what is it, and how do we know when we are experiencing it? Well… let’s take a look! First of all, I think the main question is, just what defines an Indian summer? The most common response I hear or see, is that Indian summer is a period of warm weather that occurs sometime in late September or October. After researching the details of Indian summer, I found this description is actually not that bad — but that is the problem with the term Indian summer. There just doesn’t seem to be

“Up to this epoch the approaches of winter are doubtful.” J.H. ST-JOHN DE CREVECOEUR

a set definition. The definition of Indian summer appears to be set by the geographical region rather than by a definite set of criteria, with different areas of North America defining Indian summer a little bit differently. For the area of the Great Plains and the Prairies of Canada, Indian summer is defined by a particular set of criteria, which should help us to determine when it is occurring. It is generally accepted that for Indian summer to occur, the following conditions must be met: • There needs to have been a hard or killing frost. • Mostly clear skies (or perhaps local fog at night). • No precipitation. • Light winds and generally calm nights. • Daytime maximum temperatures greater than 18 C. • Nighttime minimum temperatures staying above freezing.

• Conditions lasting for at least three days. (Keith C. Heidorn) Most regions saw killing frosts on Oct. 5 and 6, followed up by mostly clear skies and warm temperatures on Oct. 8 through to Oct. 12. Eastern regions saw the warmest, sunniest and driest conditions while the far west saw clouds and rain move in on the 11th. With temperatures topping out in the low 20s, we definitely saw highs greater than 18 C, and overnight lows were fairly mild, staying well above freezing. So it definitely looks like we hit all of the criteria for last week’s weather to be called Indian summer.

“Wondrous second wind”

The term Indian summer has some fairly uncertain origins. The earliest reference found in the literature dates back to Jan. 17, 1778, when J.H. St-John de Crevecoeur wrote in a letter: “Sometimes the rain is followed by an interval of calm

and warmth which is called the Indian summer; its chara c t e r i s t i c s a re a t r a n q u i l atmosphere and general smokiness. Up to this epoch the approaches of winter are d o u b t f u l ; i t a r r i ve s a b o u t t h e m i d d l e o f Nov e m b e r, a l t h o u g h s n ow s a n d b r i e f freezes often occur long before that date.” The fact that de Crevecoeur stated this was called Indian summer suggests this term must have been in use before this time. The meteorological conditions behind Indian summer usually involve an area of high pressure building into our region in late September or October. As I wrap up this look at Indian summer, I think it’s appropriate to conclude with Walt Whitman’s perfect quote about it. “It is only here in large portions of Canada that wondrous second wind, the Indian summer, attains its amplitude and heavenly perfection, — the temperatures, the sunny haze; the mellow, rich, delicate, almost flavoured air: Enough to live — enough to merely be.” — Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman’s Diary in Canada, 1904.

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BINcast helps farmers decide when to turn fans on and off

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armers who need to reduce the moisture content in their grain should steer clear of advice to run their aeration fans only at night, three grain-drying experts say after comparing different methods. Chandra Singh and Ronald Larson of OPI Systems Inc., in Calgary and Digvir Jayas, the distinguished professor and Canada Research chair in stored grain ecosystems at the University of Manitoba say the “fan on only at night” strategy has been promoted at a number of farm meetings this year. “My main concern is that if farmers start using that approach sooner or later someone will have spoiled grain because their moisture was too high and aeration alone will not do the drying,” Jayas said in an interview. “And then they’re going to say, ‘Why did no one warn me?’” Farmers need to know the difference between aeration and grain drying. “Grain is a biological material,” he said. “You need to understand many complex factors. We should not confuse aerating the grain with drying the grain. Those are two very different terms and have different objectives. Aeration is for cooling the grain and removing a little bit of moisture and drying is really what removes the moisture and requires optimization of many parameters.” Ideally aeration fans should be turned on when the air being pushed through the grain removes moisture and turned off when the air adds moisture. Even then there are exceptions, since that approach can result in excess drying, especially of grain in the bottom of a bin. Since drier grain is lighter, there are fewer tonnes to sell. The trick is knowing when the air can remove moisture and when it’s adding it. Natural air drying is governed by the principle of Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC), which is the moisture content grain will attain if exposed to air at a specific relative humidity and temperature for a long enough period of time. “If the EMC of the air delivered to the grain (plenum EMC), including fan and heater warming, is lower than the grain moisture content, moisture will be released from the grain to surrounding air (which results in) drying (the grain),” the paper says. There are charts and other tools (see sidebar) farmers can use to determine when aer-

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

Leaving aeration fans on only at night could result in spoiled grain credit. FILE PHOTO

ation will remove or add moisture to their grain. There are also automated systems that use in-bin sensors and a computer program to do the job. Ideally farmers will calculate when to operate their fans, but rather than just guessing it’s better to leave them on, Jayas said. At times moisture will be added, but often the bottom layer of grain is overly dried. Continuously running the fan will result in more uniform moisture levels throughout the bin, he said. For an aeration system to work, the right size of fan needs to be used, based on the moisture content of the grain, Jayas said. If the fan is undersized, one option is to put less grain in the bin. “We found that the fan ‘on during night only’ control strategy gave very poor drying results in comparison to other control strategies, especially the inability to complete the drying cycle in the time required,” the research paper said. The goal should be to complete grain drying by Nov. 15, he said, because by then the air is usually getting too cold to do much drying. Cold air holds less water vapour. “A low temperature would help in keeping the grain safer, just like we put food in the fridge, but the challenge is if in the springtime you have not completed the drying then the top layer (of grain) will be wet, the temperature would increase and that’s where the spoilage would occur,” he said.

A free web-based program called BINcast can help farmers determine when to turn their aeration fans on and off. Weather-related factors are key when calculating whether aeration will remove or add moisture to stored grain. These include the temperature and relative humidity of the surrounding air, along with the moisture content of the stored grain. BINcast, developed by Weather INnovations Consulting (WIN), provides a five-day, location-specific, hourly forecast of not only when fans should or shouldn’t run, but also the most optimal time to run them, says WIN’s business manager Ian Nichols. You can try BINcast now through www.weather west.ca/bincast.cfm. Use the Google map to zoom in on your farm and click the exact bin location. Then select the type of grain in storage. BINcast calculates the equilibrium moisture content (EMC) for that grain. EMC is reached when the moisture of the grain will neither go up or down due to the combination of the air’s temperature and relative humidity. Running fans when the EMC is higher than the grain’s moisture content pumps moisture into the grain. When the EMC is lower, running the fans will remove moisture from the grain. Once a stored crop gets close to its safe storing moisture content, BINcast can be used to make aeration more efficient. The current version of BINcast is a general-purpose advisory, requiring no specialized equipment or programming. Additional features and complexity are available for farmers looking for more detail and accuracy. An automated weather station can be installed nearby and linked to the system. BINcast can also be programmed to accept essential fan, bin and grain details, such as bin shape and diameter, grain depth, fan numbers and type, horsepower and initial and desired moisture content. BINcast then provides a forecast and real-time readings. The system can be augmented with internal bin sensors. Farmers can create alarms or warnings to be emailed or texted to them about individual bins. WIN, based in Chatham, Ontario, has partnered with Glacier Media, owner of the Manitoba Co-operator and other farm publications, to provide BINcast and other weather-related services.

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Fledging honey industry gets boost from Canadian beekeepers The Philippines imports more honey than it produces, but agricultural educators in that country hope to change that with extension services and Canadian expertise By Shannon VanRaes

“We would like to do more like is done here, and we want to have quality control so we can market the products effectively.”

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eekeeping isn’t yet a major industry in the Philippines, but a bid to expand honey production is generating a buzz in the South Asian nation and here in Canada. Filipino apiarists and academics recently visited Manitoba to get a feel for the province’s honey industry and learn how to establish local value chains. “We see this as a good industry that could be developed in the highland areas,” said Ben Ladilad, president of Benguet State University. “There are already a number of beekeepers in the area, about 100 of them. But they are very small, some of them just have maybe four or 10 hives. That’s why we came here, because we’d like to learn... how to see these small ones grow.” The northern, more mountainous part of the country is well suited to beekeeping because there are large tracks of wild flowering plants, he said. “Some of our ancestors have been into this beekeeping for time immemorial in this area,” noted Adriano Esguerra, vicepresident of agriculture at Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University. However, that usually meant gathering honey from wild bees and even today, local apiarists in the area only have

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Peter Veldhuis (l to r), Ben Ladilad, George Bondot and Adriano Esguerra at The Forks Market in Winnipeg. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

about 380 man-made hives, noted Peter Veldhuis, a local apiarist who has been working with beekeepers in the Philippines since 2009. “Here, one commercial beekeeper can expect to have at least 300 hives, even a hobby farmer might have 50... the biggest operation in Manitoba is 7,000 hives,” Veldhuis said. “So we wanted to show them that beekeeping is a viable business and industry.” The week-long visit was facilitated by the Canadian Executive Service Organiza-

tion (CESO), a Toronto-based volunteer group that works to improve managerial systems, fisheries, agriculture and industry development by sharing the expertise of Canadian professionals. It has helped Veldhuis and other beekeepers make trips to the Philippines to assist in establishing extension services. Two other groups of Filipino apiarists have also visited the province in the last four years. During this most recent visit, Ladilad, Esguerra and others toured bee yards, processing

facilities, Bee Maid, and the annual Honey Show at The Forks Market in Winnipeg. “What I’m hoping they take away is a sense of the industry, rather than just the nuts and bolts of being a single beekeeper,” Veldhuis said. The idea of rural producers selling directly to urban markets appealed to Ladilad, who noted his countr y imports most of its honey. “And of course at the moment the honey we do produce is still crudely processed, but we’ll try to assist them in improving the product through the processing,” he said. “We would like to do more like is done here, and we want to have quality control so we can market the products effectively.”

A long-standing preference for dark honey in the Philippines will also have to be taken into account, he said. But providing Filipino farmers with a way to diversify and bring in more income could have far-reaching benefits, the university president said. “This will be one way to avoid the possible burning of the forest area, so that’s an important goal,” said Ladilad, noting farmers often burn the flower-rich jungles to establish more cropland. More needs to be done to establish training facilities for agriculture students, said Esguerra, adding he intends to include beekeeping as part of his university’s 20-year strategic plan to help move the industry forward. Local beekeeper associations are also being encouraged by CESO. “ We’r e t r y i n g t o c r e a t e kind of a knowledge-transfer group or beekeepers’ association where they can talk about the challenges within the group and compare their experiences,” Veldhuis said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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CFGB’s ‘Facing Hunger’ documentary airs Film portrays two families a world apart but connected by a shared love of farming, faith and a desire to end hunger Staff

“If our neighbours are hungry, we must not only give them food, but also help by giving them knowledge about how to end their hunger permanently.”

new documentary that contrasts the lives of a Prairie farm family and one in Tanzania has hit the airwaves. ‘Facing Hunger’ is a story of two families — Randy and Marion Ausmus, who farm 5,000 acres near Leader, Sask., and Zadock and Ndettaniswa Kitomary, who farm 1.5 acres in the east African country. The Ausmuses, who have two children, farm with modern technology and equipment while the Kitomarys, parents to four children, use a hoe and other hand implements. But the 28-minute documentary shows how the two families are connected by a shared love of farming, faith and a desire to end hunger. The Ausmuses participate in the Southwest Growing Project near their community, one of about 250 growing projects across Canada that support the Canadian Food Grains Bank. The projects see local farmers grow a crop and donate the proceeds to help the organization’s 15 mem-

Zadock Kitomary Tanzanian farmer

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ber agencies carry out food assistance projects throughout the world. The Kitomarys are one of the families that benefit from those projects. In the film, Zadock Kitomary speaks about how an agricultural training project run by the Mennonite Central Committee helped him learn about conservation agriculture

while tripling his corn yields. The couple is now paying it forward — sharing part of their harvest with others and passing on their new farming techniques in training sessions with other area farmers. “I am worried about other Tanzanians being hungry,” Zadock Kitomary says in the documentary. “If our neighbours are hungry, we must not only give them food, but also help by giving them knowledge about how to end their hunger permanently.”

In Saskatchewan, Marion Ausmus talks about why their family wanted to be involved with the growing project. “We’ve been blessed not for ourselves, but to be a blessing to others,” she says. “Even though we alone can’t end world hunger, if we all do our part, as small as it may seem, together we really can make a difference.” The documentary, which celebrates the food grains bank 30th anniversary, was shot mainly in Saskatchewan and Tanzania, with additional footage from Niverville. The program aired on Prairie Public Television on Oct. 14 and was rebroadcast on World Food Day, Oct. 16. Free copies for use as an education and awarenessraising resource tool can be obtained by contacting the Canadian Food Grains Bank (www.foodgrainsbank.ca). The organization also has resources such as discussion questions, for small groups, including one suitable for students in Grades 7 to 12. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Report warns of farmers gaming U.S. subsidy programs In one instance, 11 members of the same family ranging in age from 18 to 88 received management fees WASHINGTON / REUTERS

.S. lawmakers must tighten farm subsidy rules to make sure the money goes only to active farmers and landowners, a congressional report said Oct. 8, warning that millions of dollars are at stake. Senator Charles Grassley, who requested the report, said it showed “there is still far too much subterfuge” involved in the way farm payments are made and limits applied. The Iowa Republican called for “closing loopholes that allow non-farmers to game the system.”

The House and Senate have proposed stricter eligibility standards as part of five-year omnibus Farm Bills. The new farm law is a year overdue. Work has been slowed by disagreements over how much to cut from U.S. nutrition programs, commonly known as food stamps. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, looked at rules intended to restrict subsidies to active farmers. To count as a farmer, applicants must provide capital, equipment or land and labor or management of a farm. In its 60-page report the GAO said it found cases where

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people who claimed subsidies for management of a farm located hundreds of miles from their homes, or farms with several people who said they provided active management and merited subsidy payments of up to $40,000 each. As one example, GAO said a Midwestern farm covering 25,000 acres received $400,000 in payments in 2012 with 11 members of the same family said to provide management, from an 88-yearold resident of south Florida to an 18-year-old who began receiving payments at age 16. “The federal government risks distributing millions of

dollars to individuals who have little actual involvement in farming operations,” said the report. It noted broad definitions of what counts as “management,” and the difficulty in verifying the role performed by farm program recipients. Ferd Hoefner of the smallfarm group National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition said the current definition of farm management was “a wide-open loophole... used to get almost unlimited payments” to large operations. The House and Senate bills would allow only one person per farm to claim subsidies as the manager. They

also would set a $250,000 per limit on payments for a couple and bar payments to the wealthiest operators. The two bills, which are yet to be reconciled, have different levels for the cut-off point for income. There is no overall payment limit at present although subsidies are barred to people with more than $1.25 million a year in adjusted gross income from farm and off-farm sources. The GAO is currently closed because of the U.S. federal government shutd o w n . G r a s s l e y ’s o f f i c e released the report on its website.

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inter wheat is off to a good start in Western Canada this fall. “We’ve had some timely rainfall in September and some fairly mild conditions, which have helped with the establishment of the crop,” said Bruce Burnett, CWB crop and weather specialist. Last year, Canadian farmers planted 2.18 million acres of winter wheat, and Statistics Canada was forecasting 2.25 million would be planted this year. But conditions were dry in many areas at seeding time and that likely reduced plantings, he said. “The increase over last year is probably going to be still muted because of the fact that we were drier earlier on,” said Burnett. “And the second fact is that the harvest has just been quite a bit later than it had been last year and the year before.” Most of this year’s crop looks like it has enough leaf development to survive the winter, though continued warm weather would be ideal. “We’d like to see some fairly warm temperatures over probably the next couple of weeks before we start to hit that time where we sort of really start to get severe frosts and the crop goes into dormancy,” he said. But, as always, the crop will need a covering blanket of snow before the really cold weather hits, he added.

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MAFRI’s final provincial crop report for 2013 This is an abridged version of the full report available on MAFRI’s website Weekly Provincial Summary

Provincially, harvest of spring cereals is estimated at 95% complete, canola 85 to 90% complete, flax 50 to 60% complete, edible beans 100% complete, soybeans 90% complete, sunflowers 25% complete and grain corn 15 to 20% complete. Crop yields were generally above average in 2013, largely due to timely precipitation during the growing season, moderate temperatures during flowering, and low levels of disease pressure. However, lower yields were reported in areas impacted by extreme weather events during the growing season, such as high rainfall amounts and hail. Crop quality for most crops is average to above average, due to lower than normal disease pressure and good weather during harvest. Acres harvested later are seeing a decrease in quality. The number of winter wheat acres seeded in fall of 2013 is expected to be down from 2012. Germination and stand establishment of winter wheat is better than last year, rated at good to excellent.

Southwest Region

Good harvest progress was made over last week prior to a significant rain event that affected much of the region over the weekend. Rainfall

amounts ranged from 25 to 100 mm, with the highest amounts being measured along the length of Hwy. No. 21 moving south to north. There are some localized concerns regarding field access due to saturated soils and excess moisture in the more southern portions of the region. Heavy frosts with lows of -5 C were also reported over the weekend. Cattle producers continue to move cattle to fall pastures and harvested crop stubble with weaned calves continuing to be moved to feedlots and/or marketed. Second-cut alfalfa harvest is complete. Water levels in sloughs and dugouts have risen after recent rains and are 75 to 80% of capacity in northern and central regions and 80 to 90% of capacity in southern regions.

Northwest Region

Favourable weather, with drying winds and warm temperatures, helped general harvesting operations to continue early in the week. On Friday, a weather system brought 23 to 45 mm of rainfall. Overall, harvest is 95% complete. Although overall crop quality and yield is above average, some isolated problems with excess spring moisture resulted in localized drown-outs, poor root development and nutrient losses.

Winter wheat and fall rye crop emergence has been good. Winter feed supplies are adequate. While forage yields are average and above, some earlyseason quality issues exist. Localized forage shortages exist where excess spring moisture impacted tame and native hay lands adjacent to Lake Manitoba and The Pas.

Central Region

Excellent yields are reported for the majority of spring crops. “Bin-buster” was a common term for many producers and storage is at a premium. Spring wheat yields varied, ranging from 45 to 85 bu./ac., with most reporting 60 to 65 bu./ac. average. The majority of the crop graded No. 2 CW or better. Quality is good to excellent for the most part. Protein levels were lower than last year, averaging 12 to 13%. There were a few reports of downgrading due to ergot. Canola yields were excellent, ranging from 35 to 75 bu./ac., averaging around 40 to 45 bu./ ac. Flax yields range from 30 to 45 bu/acre, averaging 30 to 35 bu./ ac. Peas averaged 40 to 50 bu./ ac. and harvest is complete. Hay fields are in fair to good condition, although some are suffering from excess moisture. There is an adequate to good supply of all classes of feed,

including straw, for most of the region. Some shortages will be seen around Lake Manitoba due to the 2011 flood.

Eastern Region

A total of zero to two mm of rain fell in the Eastern Region over the past weekend. Harvest is estimated at 90% complete. Average yields for the region are as follows: winter wheat 70 to 80 bu./ac., spring wheat 45 to 60 bu./ac., barley 80 to 90 bu./ ac., oats 100 to 125 bu./ac., canola 40 to 60 bu./ac., soybeans 40 to 50 bu./ac. and corn is averaging between 120 to 160 bu./ac. Lower protein levels were recorded in the hard red wheat. There was no downgrading due to weathering as majority of harvest occurred during good harvest weather conditions. Winter wheat fields are at the 2to 4-leaf stage with one to two tillers. Winter feed supply status has hay at 10% surplus, 80% adequate and 10% inadequate; straw at 100% adequate, greenfeed at 100% adequate and feed grains at 100% adequate. Pasture conditions in the region are rated as 40% good, 40% fair and 20% poor. Livestock water (including dugouts) is rated at 90% adequate.

Interlake Region

The 2013 cropping year is nearly complete across the

Interlake Region. North Interlake is still harvesting soybean and canola fields and have not yet started on corn acres. South Interlake is still harvesting late seeded soybeans, as well as corn fields. Fall tillage will be on-going until freezeup. Fall banding of fertilizer is on-going. Average yields and quality for winter wheat were 60 bu./ac., grading mostly No. 1 or No. 2 CW. Spring wheat yields were 50 bu./ac. with good quality and protein levels below average. Most spring wheat will grade as a No. 1 or No .2 CW. Oats averaged 75 to 85 bu./ac., grading No. 2 CW. Barley averaged 65 bu./ac. Canola averaged 35 to 40 bu./ac. with most being No.1 Canada. Soybeans are still being harvested with yields being 35 to 40 bu./ac. with minimal green seeds in the samples; majority grading No. 2 Canada. Forage harvest average yields are as follows: alfalfa 1.75 tons/ acre first cut, 0.66 tons/acre second cut, 0.25 tons/acre third cut. Alfalfa/grass and tame hay yielded 1.5 tons/acre first cut and 0.66 tons/acre second cut. Native hay yields were one ton/ acre first-cut and greenfeed averaged two tons/acre. Forage acres started off slow this year with cool temperatures and lack of moisture in the beginning of summer. As summer progressed warm.

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Manitoba cereals association takes next step The certification agency has given its blessing, and now it’s up to the provincial cabinet “It would be rare if the government didn’t follow the recommendation of the certification agency.”

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anitoba could have a new farmer checkofffunded spring wheat and barley association operating by Jan. 1. The Agricultural Producers’ Organization Certification Agency has recommended the association, which will focus on wheat and barley research and market promotion, be certified, said Don Dewar, the association’s interim chair and Dauphin-area farmer. “It would be rare if the government didn’t follow the recommendation of the certification agency,” he said. Meanwhile, Cereals Canada, a pan-Canadian coalition of provincial and regional cereal associations, life science and grain companies and processors, has been incorporated, said Kent Erickson, one of the association’s interim directors. Cereals Canada, which will be headquartered in Winnipeg, will focus on enhancing the domestic and international competitiveness of Canadian cereals, said Erickson, a director of the Alberta Wheat Commission and farmer at Irma, Alta. Manitoba’s new spring cereal association will likely join Cereals Canada, Dewar said. “It just makes sense to be part of those groups,” Dewar said, adding the association will likely also join the Barley Council of Canada, created in April.

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Dewar said he hopes the Manitoba cabinet will soon approve a new regulation under the Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act allowing the spring wheat and barley association to operate with a 52- and 44-cent-atonne checkoff on spring wheat and barley, respectively. “It’s still going to take us two months to get everything in place and start the checkoff,” Dewar said. “We’re aiming for Jan. 1. Hopefully we’re not being too optimistic. It’s quite doable if we have everything done by the end of October or first week of November.” The new Manitoba wheat and barley checkoffs, along with temporary checkoffs to fund the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) and the Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI), will total $1 a tonne, Dewar said. An interim seven-member board of directors was set up earlier this year to get the asso-

ciation up and running. Seventyeight per cent of Manitoba spring wheat and barley growers who responded to a survey said they favoured the new association. It appears that was strong enough support for the certification agency, which could’ve required a referendum first. Under provincial legislation if more than 30 per cent of farmers accounting for more than 30 per cent of the checkoffs collected in a year request a refund, the certifying agency must hold a referendum among farmers to gauge their support. If a majority vote against continuing the association the agency can recommend to the minister of agriculture that its designation be revoked, ending its checkoff. The headquarters for the new association has not been determined, Dewar said. In interim an established Manitoba farm commodity group will be asked to operate the new association under contract, at least until its first annual meeting, he said.

Meanwhile, Cereals Canada is working on short-term funding to get established, Erickson said. Membership in the organization, which will be modelled after groups such as Pulse Canada and the Canola Council of Canada, will include three sectors — farmers, life science and seed companies and grain handlers and processors. “The Canadian Wheat Board did some things before and the industry realizes we need to fill some gaps and that’s what Cereals Canada is trying to do,” Erickson said. “The way we’ve set it up right now the payers will be the players. As soon as they come on board financially they will have a seat at the table.” Cereals Canada’s focus will be on wheat, but will also work on oats, rye and triticale, Erickson said. There’s already a national group for barley. Cereals Canada’s farmer representatives right now come from the Alberta Wheat Commission, and Grain Farmers of Ontario, but it expects to add representatives from Saskatchewan, which has a new wheat commission, Manitoba, British Columbia, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Erickson expects in the end it will have a board of 18, with six directors from each sector. Probably four or five of the farmdirectors will come from Western Canada, where 95 per cent of cereal production occurs, he said.

Senators press EPA on biofuel credit trading washington / reuters A U.S. senator is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to release more information on the market used to trade biofuel credits, known as RINs, after suggestions of manipulation by Wall Street banks. “I’m concerned about recent reports of manipulation or exploitation of the RIN market,” said Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican. Grassley is the second senator to raise alarms about the biofuel credits trading system. RIN trading was created as a way to help refiners comply with their obligation to blend a certain amount of biofuels into their gasoline and diesel supplies. However, their price soared from a few cents each in January to almost $1.50 in July before falling to 50 to 70 cents in September. Banks, including JPMorgan, have traded large volumes of RINs this year, according to a New York Times article that tied the trading to rising RIN prices.

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BRIEFS

SEVENTY HARVESTS AND COUNTING

Prosecutors lay charges in $100-million biofuel fraud

With more than 70 successful harvests behind him, Don McEwan, 85, of Altamont enjoyed taking off another crop of buckwheat this fall. PHOTO: LES MCEWAN

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BEIJING / REUTERS / China’s imports of U.S. distillers grains, could hit a record high next year due to a bumper U.S. corn harvest and strong domestic demand. Chinese feed mills use dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) as a substitute for more expensive corn and protein-rich meal to make animal feed, but imports have been hampered in recent years by high prices and an antidumping probe. However, a fall in prices and rising demand for meat, eggs and milk by Chinese consumers would likely push 2014 imports of DDGS by China, already the world’s top buyer, past the record 3.16 million tonnes imported in 2010, analysts said, with one predicting exports of four million tonnes. A bumper U.S. corn crop and increased ethanol production is pushing up supply.

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REUTERS / Six people and three companies, including an Indiana operation claiming to make biofuel from chicken fat and vegetable oils, were charged with defrauding investors and consumers out of more than $100 million. The scheme began in July 2009 and continued until May 2012, the prosecutor’s office said, with the defendants fraudulently selling more than 35 million gallons of ‘B99’ biofuel they claimed to be pure biodiesel, called ‘B100.’ The latter comes with “Renewable Identification Numbers” that can be used to claim tax credits, and is worth roughly $2 more per gallon than B99.

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Snowy winter forecast of U.S. Midwest PHILADELPHIA / REUTERS The Pacific Northwest and western Rockies should brace for a dramatic start to the winter, with bitter cold and significant snowfalls, while the eastern U.S. will have less of both, according to a long-term forecast by Accuweather. The private forecasting firm also warned the upper Midwest, including Chicago, could face heavy snow around the holidays, less than a week after a rare October snowstorm hit the central Rocky Mountain region, and killed tens of thousands of cattle in South Dakota. California, meanwhile, may get some drought relief from significant precipitation in December and January.

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French biotech firm on way to its own GMO maize Vilmorin is eyeing the African farming market By Gus Trompiz paris / reuters

eed firm Vilmorin said Oct. 9 it was getting closer to launching its own genetically modified maize for the U.S. market, but that the emergence of commercially viable GMO wheat takes longer than thought previously. Vilmorin, the world’s fourthlargest seed maker, said a deal announced on Oct. 8 for a stake in a Zimbabwean peer had given it a stronger foothold in an African market with huge potential. Vilmorin, controlled by farm co-operative Limagrain, is investing to develop its own

genetically modified maize (corn) through a venture with Germany’s KWS SAAT AG and said it expects to market the first products within three years. The venture has approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a GMO maize herbicide-resistant trait and would probably launch products first in the United States, the world’s top maize grower, chief executive Emmanuel Rougier told Reuters. “It’s one step in a long process but it means that things are moving forward,” he said of the USDA approval. Vilmorin still needed approval from maize importers like Japan and the European Union to

make a market launch viable, he added. Vilmorin already sells GMO maize and soybean seeds but does not have its own patented traits, which means it uses strains under licence from competitors like Monsanto. It does not plan in the short term to request approval for the cultivation of its planned GMO products in the European Union, Rougier said, arguing that herbicide resistance was less of an issue there and hostility to GMO crops was still strong. Vilmorin is among those working to develop GMO wheat on a commercial scale for the first time, as the chal-

lenge of feeding a growing global population has focused attention on raising productivity of the world’s most widely sown crop. But Rougier said Vilmorin now projected a commercial launch after 2020, later than a previous expectation for GMO wheat coming to market this decade, due to slow progress in research. Vilmorin is to take a 15 per cent stake in Zimbabwe Seed Co. from majority owner Aico Africa Limited. It has an option to raise its stake to 25 per cent at the end of 2014 in a deal which followed its acquisition in January of a majority stake in South Africa’s Link Seed.

“We’re gaining a foothold on a very important continent,” chief financial officer Daniel Jacquemond told reporters. The market for commercial seeds in Africa is worth about $1 billion, while the global market is worth over $37 billion, and with sales currently dominated by South Africa there is huge potential in the rest of the continent, officials said. Seed Co. is one of the biggest crop seed firms in Africa and is market leader in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, while Link Seed is the fourth-largest player in South Africa, Vilmorin said. But they face competition from DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto, Jacquemond said.

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Greens ask U.S. biotech firms to sit out food-labelling vote Groups spend $17 million to oppose proposed Washington state law requiring By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON / REUTERS

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month before election day, environmentalists u rg e d b i o t e c h n o l o g y companies and a food industry group to stop pouring money into a campaign against a proposed food-labelling law in Washington state. Opponents have donated $17 million to defeat the referendum, which if passed would require special labels on raw and processed food made from genetically modified crops. It is the largest amount ever raised against a ballot initiative in the state. Voters support the idea of labelling by a wide margin, according to a September poll by Seattle-based Elway Research. The Washington state proposal is nearly identical to a 2012 California referendum that enjoyed early support but lost by two percentage points after a late-surging, big-spending campaign by opponents. In that case, groups opposed to labelling, including Monsanto Co. and PepsiCo., spent about $46 million on an advertising blitz. “ The money particularly comes in at the end,” said Andy Behar of As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group for environmental and social causes. He said big food companies “should not be adding to that $17 million” in Washington state, whose population is less than one-fifth of California’s. Behar spoke on Wednesday on a conference call with envi-

“We believe that political contributions are a poor investment and are calling companies not to spend money opposing legislation that would give consumers labelling information.” LUCIA VON REUSNER

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ronmentalists who support the proposed food-labelling law. Victory in Washington state could be a springboard for action in other states or in the U.S. Congress for the labelling movement. Food makers and biotech companies say the drive is misguided and will drive up the cost of food. “ We b e l i e ve t h a t p o l i t i cal contributions are a poor i n v e s t m e n t a n d a re c a l l ing companies not to spend money opposing legislation that would give consumers labelling information,” said Lucia von Reusner of Green Century Capital Management, manager of environmentally focused mutual funds. As a lever for action, Behar and von Reusner said their groups would file shareholder resolutions to prevent companies such as Monsanto from engaging in advocacy about GM labelling. Monsanto, the largest agricultural biotech company in the world, has donated $4.8 million against the referendum. The largest opposition donor, at $7.2 million, has been the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a food industry

trade group. DuPont Pioneer, a biotech seed company, was the third-largest donor at $3.4 million. In a statement of policy, GMA said genetically modified foods are safe and that regulators have found “no negative health effects associated with their use.” It said up to 80 per cent of U.S. food contains GM ingredients. Backers of the Washington state initiative, known as I-522, had raised $5.3 million as of early October. The largest donor was Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, a family-run company based in California, with $1.8 million. Connecticut in June became the first state to pass a GM labelling law. But it will not take effect unless four other s t a t e s i n t h e U . S . No r t h east - with a combined population of 20 million and one of which borders Connecticut - approve similar legislation. Maine legislators approved a labelling bill but the governor has yet to sign it. The nationwide Just Label It campaign wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set nationwide rules on GM labelling of food.

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Brazil forecasts record soybean crop SAO PAULO / REUTERS / Brazil’s government is forecasting a 2013-14 soybean crop of between 87.6 million and 89.7 million tonnes — well above last season’s record 81.3 million tonnes. The government’s crop agency estimated the corn crop will be between 78.4 million and 79.6 million tonnes, slightly below last year’s 81.3 million tonnes. The wheat forecast was cut to 4.77 million tonnes, down from last month’s estimate of 4.95 million tonnes.

Europe trims payouts to large farms Novozymes and Beta Renewables have announced the official opening of what they say is the world’s first plant designed and built to produce ethanol from agricultural residues and energy crops at commercial scale using enzymatic conversion. The plant at Crescentino in northern Italy uses wheat straw, rice straw and arundo donax, a high-yielding energy crop grown on marginal land. Lignin extracted from the process is used at an attached power plant, which generates enough power to meet the facility’s energy needs, with any excess sold to the local grid.

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he new U.S. Farm Bill might violate World Trade Organization rules against tradedistorting subsidies, according to major U.S. business groups seeking a revamp of the bill. An adverse decision by the WTO could expose U.S. exports to

retaliatory tariffs if there is a challenge, say the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, and National Foreign Trade Council. It would be an ironic turn since the Farm Bill was intended, in part, to resolve a WTO ruling against U.S. cotton subsidies. “We think meeting our interna-

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impose $830 million in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods when it won a WTO challenge on that issue, although it has not yet imposed any. However, neither bill is expected to pass in their current form because of disagreements over food stamps and farm subsidies.

BRUSSELS / REUTERS / European Union negotiators have agreed to a five per cent minimum reduction in subsidy payments above 150,000 euros a year to individual farms. The deal, which finalizes sweeping reforms to the common agricultural policy, would also allow governments to cap individual payouts at 300,000 euros (C$417,000) a year. The two other institutions in the talks — the European Parliament and European Commission — had wanted a mandatory cap. The complex overhaul of the $70-billion-a-year farm program comes into force in January.

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Canada’s work in global food security draws praise from independent study Study gives CIDA high marks but says federal agency needs to consult more and be more transparent By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

anada has fulfilled its 2009 promise to double investment in global food security, says a recent independent assessment of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). C a n a d a n ow i n v e s t s m o re i n basic nutrition than any other donor country around the world, and makes the largest per capi t a c o m m i t ment to food assistance, says Fertile Ground, Assessing CIDA’s Investments in Food and Farming. Overall, the study found CIDA’s work was well funded and well targeted, said Danuta Swiecicka, African program officer for Africa for the Canadian Hunger Foundation, one of 20 organizations that conducted the study. “It’s a pretty positive report,” she said. “CIDA is really doing a great job of making sure that funding for agriculture, and for nutrition and food security is maintained, and that’s what we want to see as a food security policy group.” The study examined in detail at the agency’s work in Ethiopia and Honduras, reviewed statistics on Canada’s spending on food security, and analyzed the impact of other Canadian policies and programming on global food security. Following the 2009 pledge, the agency upped spending in Ethiopia by 75 per cent and by 400 per cent in Honduras, and farmers in both countries who received aid gave the agency high marks. That was especially the case with smallholders and women. The latter often do most of the farming in developing countries, but often don’t have control over land, finances or other resources, the report said. CIDA is also succeeding at integrating nutrition into broader food security work, helping farmers adapt to climate change, and local gov-

ernments improve their agricultural policies, it said. But farmers and farm groups also say they are not being consulted enough, and lack opportunity to share their own concerns or give feedback on their own government’s initiatives. “Our research found smallholder farmers in Honduras and Ethiopia felt that neither their own governments nor CIDA made much effort to listen to their views on food security,” the report said. The report also calls for increased transparency from the agency, urging it to share information and highlight success stories. It also raises concerns federal policies aimed at promoting Canadian agriculture could undermine the agency’s “good work.” “There are cases where Canada’s promotion of agricultural exports may conflict with the objectives o f t h e Fo o d Se c u r i t y St ra t e g y,” it says. “Also, Canada’s poor track record in international climate negotiations does little to address the concerns of farmers in many countries, who identify climate change as a serious risk now and into the future.” The report’s authors were also concerned about what the future holds. In 2012, Ottawa announced it would cut its overall aid program by eight per cent over the next three years. More recently, the government said it will merge CIDA with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. That raises questions about the role of food security in the new department, the report says. “We hope that food security does remain a priority for the government of Canada,” Swiecicka said. “We basically want to sustain the progress that Canada has made over these last few years.”

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Asha Abdulbein, a single mother of five, received goats, tools and inputs for her small farm as part of the Benishangul Gumuz Food Security and Economic Growth Project, a CIDA-funded project in Ethiopia. This project supports more than 127,000 beneficiaries to diversify food choices, improve agricultural productivity and engage in sustainable income-generating activities. Credit: Canadian Hunger Foundation

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Recent research by a coalition of Canadian international development organizations found that Canada’s work on global food security is well funded and well targeted. It is improving food security for very poor people in developing countries, and should be continued. The research also identified ways in which Canada’s food security work could be improved. Increased transparency and consultation with beneficiaries, and a food security perspective across government departments, would increase Canada’s effectiveness in addressing global food security. A report by: Canadian Foodgrains Bank A Christian Response to Hunger

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and networking. From there, the scholars will travel for a minimum of 10 weeks around the world to study a chosen topic. The 2014 winners are: Cheryl Hazenberg of Calgary, director of technical services for the Canadian Angus Association. Her study will focus on traceability in beef and how to maximize what we have in order to meet the needs of the global consumer. Steve Wolfgram, a veterinarian at South West Ontario Veterinary Services in Stratford, Ont. His main focus will

be on factors that affect the sustainability of food animal agriculture (pork, beef, sheep) in Canada. Dar yl Chubb of Irricana, Alta. He has his own agriculture consulting firm, DeNovo Ag., and will study management techniques that increase nutrient efficiency and assess the agronomic challenges that come with increasing food production. Applications for the 2015 scholarships are due April 30, 2014. For more information on Nuffield Canada, visit www.nuffield.ca.

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Talks between union and CN break down

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alks between the railroad workers’ union and Canadian National Railway Co. have broken down, raising the possibility of a strike or a lockout by Oct. 28 at the country’s largest railroad operator, the union said on Monday this week. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference ( TCRC), which represents some 3,300 conductors, trainmen, yardmen and traffic co-ordinators, said t h e c o m p a n y re j e c t e d t h e union’s offer to extend conciliation talks that ended on Oct. 7. “ We’re e x t re m e l y d i s a p pointed by CN’s refusal to extend the mediation period,” Roland Hackl, a spokesman for the union, said in a statement. The union said the talks h a v e s t a l l e d o v e r C N ’s demands for concessions that would force workers to work longer hours with less rest time between trips. Wages and the retirement plan are not central issues in this bargaining round, the union said. The union said the company’s demands fly in the face of its statements about safety being a priority. A CN spokesman said the company does not comment on the substance of ongoing labour negotiations, but stressed that CN’s bargaining proposals would not in any way compromise the health and safety of TCRC members. CN remains optimistic it can negotiate an amicable settlement with the TCRC to avoid labour disruption in Canada, the spokesman, Mark Hallman, said in an email. Hallman also noted that the c o m p a n y h a s c o m p re h e nsive safety programs in place d e s i g n e d t o p re ve n t a c c i dents. Rail safety has become a hot-button issue in Canada this year after a disaster in July when a runaway tanker train derailed and exploded in the middle of the small town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The accident prompted Canada to toughen its safety standards for railways earlier this year. Last May, the Canadian government stepped in to force an end to a strike that shut down the freight operations of Canada’s No. 2 railroad operator, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., as the strike impacted shipments of grain, c o a l , f e r t i l i ze r, a u t o s a n d other goods. The strike at CP last year occurred after 4,800 unionized locomotive engineers, conductors and rail controllers walked off the job over the company’s plan to cut pension payments. It is unclear whether the federal gover nment would step in and pass back-to-work legislation if a strike or lockout occurs at CN Rail.

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Dry conditions may push Argentina to soy buenos aires / reuters / Argentina’s wheat fields have seen some rain recently, but the country’s corn areas remained dry, causing a delay in sowing that may push farmers toward soybeans instead. Normal rains in the country’s Wheat Belt, centred in the southern part of Argentina’s main farm province of Buenos Aires, have set the stage for healthy flowering. But dry weather in the Corn Belt in northern Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Entre Rios and Santa Fe provinces has left fields parched, with little relief in sight. The dryness may push growers toward planting soybeans instead of corn, which is more expensive to grow and more vulnerable to bad weather. The USDA has revised its 2013-14 production estimates for Argentina downward — 26 million tonnes of corn, six million tonnes of wheat and 53.5 million tonnes of soy.

Mexico considers $220-million battle against leaf rust mexico city / reuters Mexico is considering a $220-million plan to help coffee farmers hit by a major outbreak of leaf rust at a time of low prices. The funding would provide farmers with subsidies, replace aging plantations, and give new credit and training opportunities following the spread of the treekilling fungus roya. “What we’re going to do is convince our colleagues to approve a significant budget. If that doesn’t happen, we are practically sounding the death knell for this product,” said Hector Narcia, chairman of the coffee subcommittee from the lower house’s agriculture committee. The deadly fungus, which kills leaves on coffee trees and cuts yields, has infected about a quarter of Mexico’s 700,000 hectares of coffee plantations. This year’s outbreak comes at a bad time as coffee prices have fallen by about half from their mid-2011 peak.

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Fruit farming offers escape from South Africa’s mining gloom Former subsistence farmers grow fruit for sale instead of staple crops

Former South African miner Elliot Belem stands among his orange trees in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province October 10, 2013. Belem, 56, said farming his 2.5-hectare plot was better than life in the gold mines, where he was a first aid worker. Photo: REUTERS/Ed Stoddard By Ed Stoddard noqhekwana, south africa / reuters

eter Somakhephu’s life has followed a pattern familiar to many black South African miners: he exchanged a marginal existence of peasant farming in his home village for low-paid labour underground before being forced back onto the land. His life has come full circle but he has broken the cycle of grinding subsistence by moving from staple crops for family consumption to smallscale fruit production for commercial sale, a business that was, until recently, far out of reach. His example may hold promise for some of the tens of thousands of miners set to lose their jobs in coming years, a new wave of unemployment that will fuel tensions in the countryside and in the grim shantytowns that ring the mines. Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) move to cut 3,300 jobs to restore profits sparked a 13-day strike by miners desperate for work in a country

where four out of 10 adults, and more than half of the youth, have none. It ended Oct. 10 after Amplats agreed to give the workers voluntary severance packages instead of laying them off. This means they will get more compensation, though the amounts were not immediately specified. The company had already rowed back from a target of 14,000 jobs under pressure from the government and unions, underscoring the gravity of the issue. The social consequences of mine job losses are widespread because the typical worker in the industry has eight dependants often in two separate families, one near the mines and the other back in their rural villages. The African National Congress (ANC), in power for almost two decades, is likely to win next year’s election, but more radical political forces are circling and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called youth unemployment a “ticking time bomb.” Resentment runs deep.

Somakhephu, an ex-platinum miner, says the fruits of his labour owe nothing to the industry, which has not lived up to public expectations for a wider redistribution of wealth since white minority rule ended in 1994. “I built these from farming, not from mining,” said Somakhephu, a sprightly 61-yearold, as he gestured to the set of five small but sturdy houses that crown his rural homestead in the rugged hills of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Behind him to the east neat rows of orange trees sloped to the valley floor, to the west stood lush banana plants. Somakhephu’s neighbour Elliot Belem, 56, standing among his orange trees, said farming his 2.5-hectare plot was better than life in the gold mines, where he was a first aid worker. “It’s better to be a farmer than a miner. I have no supervisor, I am self-employed,” he said. They are part of a project that has seen 5,200 households plant more than 110,000 crop trees since 1999, accord-

ing to South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council, a state agency, and Is’Baya Development Trust, the NGO behind the initiative. The project, which has received no funding from the mining industry, aims ultimately to form co-ops to help with marketing and distribution in a sector still dominated by white commercial farmers whose industrialscale operations have made South Africa the world’s second-largest citrus exporter after Spain. The fledgling fruit farmers still face many obstacles — not least a perception in the region that agriculture here is still largely a peasant and not commercial activity, unlike in other regions, where white farmers predominate. In the town of Lusikisiki, about 50 kms (30 miles) from Somakhephu’s groves, Monica Nduli, a middle-aged woman selling fruit on the roadside, said she sourced her produce from KwaZulu-Natal, 150 km (90 miles) away. “In Transkei? Never! It’s only in KwaZulu-Natal that we get such fruit,” she told Reuters.

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Big tractors had their downside in pioneer days The Case 32-110 steam engine had plenty of power, but you needed at least five men to operate the behemoth Manitoba Agricultural Museum

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama harvests vegetables from the summer crop with students from New Jersey in the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn in Washington. Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing

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century ago, horsepower junkies needed to look no further than the Case 32-110 steam engine to get their fix. But with great power came great hassles. Even in the steam era, the 32-110s were behemoths. Second in size only to the 150-horsepower version, the engine alone weighed 20 tons, and its rear wheels were seven feet in diameter and three feet wide. If this engine ever got stuck, you were in for a few days of digging and blocking. That wasn’t a problem the day the accompanying picture was taken, as the straight furrows with no interruptions suggest all was going well. But the four-man crew illustrates the other drawback of farming with power in the pioneer days. Being so powerful, the engine was best matched with big plows and

threshing machines — and that upped the manpower requirement. Along with the fireman (seen standing between the fuel bunkers), you needed an engineer to operate the engine and at least one person to lift and lower the plow bottoms. In difficult ground, two would be needed to work the levers and clear blockages. Although s t ra w c o u l d b e b u r n e d when threshing, the heavier work of plowing required coal and more horsepower meant more hauling of water and coal, the latter usually sourced from the nearest town on the railway. Outfits usually had two men bringing coal and water. For all those reasons, most farmers opted for smaller tractors — even when they lusted for more horsepower. The Manitoba Agricultural Museum (http://ag-museum. mb.ca/) has a number of 25 to 75 Case steam engines and one 32-110 model.

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Province may revisit food safety regulations around fall suppers Unless food is prepared in an inspected kitchen, it is illegal to sell it in Manitoba and that puts some fall suppers into a legal grey zone By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

nterlake fall supper committee members are back in the kitchen, but this time they’re cooking up increased food safety, along with turkey and fixings. And they’re ready if health inspectors come by for a visit. “Three or four years ago, there was a flurry of panic all over the province as some community fall suppers were being inspected for food safety, and some chose to shut down,” said Shirley Campbell, an organizer for the Argyle fall supper. “We wanted to get ahead of all that.” To that end, fall supper organizers in Argyle consulted with the province to determine how they could improve food safety. “There were huge changes in food-handling procedures, and many expenses,” Campbell said. “For example, instead of turkey cookers bringing their hot turkey, stuffing and gravy to the hall — hot and ready to serve — the turkeys had to be picked up whole and hot from

the oven by someone with a huge ‘thermal’ to keep it hot ’til carving.” Jayne Kjaldgaard, a former caterer with an interest in community suppers, assisted them in making the changes, including a switch to thermal transportation. “The biggest food safety issue is the temperature food is held at. People might cook it fine, but then they let it cool, and you have to keep food out of the danger zone — and that is the biggest challenge for a lot of these suppers, because they’re not working out of huge commercial kitchens,” said Kjaldgaard. But even if food is cooked and transported hot, it still doesn’t meet provincial guidelines. “I’m not a food safety inspector, but I definitely know the rules, so I looked at how they can minimize their risk as much as possible,” she said. “But unless they make that meal entirely in that hall, they’re technically breaking the rules... if you serve a meal for sale, it has to be made in an inspected facility.”

Community hall kitchens are inspected by the province which issues permits for their operation — the problem is that those kitchens aren’t large enough to cook meals for the hundreds or more people who attend fall suppers. “We do realize that these groups do have their limitations,” said Robert Mancini, a food safety specialist with Manitoba Health. “But if food is prepared outside of an inspected kitchen, it is illegal to sell it.” Some community halls have invested in electric table-top roasters so that they can meet provincial requirements. “It takes us more time, but everything is cooked at the hall now,” said Theresa Capuska, who has headed Inwood’s fall supper committee for more than a decade. Argyle and Inwood, along with Warren, Grosse Isle, and Stonewall have also pooled resources, sharing equipment, such as thermals, to save money while improving food safety. Other fall supper committees, such as those in Stonewall,

have looked to larger inspected kitchens, like that of the Royal Canadian Legion, to meet their needs. But more changes could be on the horizon. Mancini said the province is looking at a policy review of food safety as it pertains to community meals and fall suppers. It will consult with the Association of Manitoba Municipalities and other stakeholders during the process. The hope is to update rules to better reflect the realities faced by community groups holding communal events, while also improving food safety. “Fall suppers are a wonderful tradition in Manitoba and we don’t want that tainted by an outbreak of foodborne illness,” Mancini said. The most important thing for anyone involved in preparing food is to use a proper thermometer to ensure the correct internal cooking temperature is reached. “It’s all been a really good idea, and now that we’re used to it, it all works really well,” said Capuska, adding their annual fall supper is still a lot of work,

but now the work tends to be done in a different order. Campbell agrees, and said she is looking forward to a time when regulations better reflect the challenges faced by community groups so they can serve their 700 guests without fear of falling short of health regulations. “It was an incredible amount of work the first year, but the inspector was actually on site, working and supervising and correcting. Next year was a little easier, and now it’s — well, not automatic, but very workable.” As far as Mancini is aware, there has never been a case of food-related illness stemming from a fall supper in Manitoba. Kjaldgaard said that’s not surprising, because community kitchens are not high-risk environments. “These are at the bottom of the totem pole for inspection purposes, they’re not the highrisk places, it’s the restaurants, it’s the care homes, the hospitals — those are the highrisk kitchens you want to inspect,” she said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Flood waters may claim many harvests in Colorado Last month’s heavy flooding has left many fields too wet to harvest By Keith Coffman denver / reuters

olorado far mers and ranchers are bracing for widespread damage from deadly flood waters that already have caused nearly $2 billion in property losses. Corn is the big concern. The state usually grows 140 million to 180 million bushels annually. But fields along South Platte River remain flooded and, with harvest set to start, need to drain soon. “The corn will rot... if it’s under water that long,” said Brent Boydston of the Colorado Farm Bureau. Ron Ackerman, whose family harvests hay in La Salle in floodstricken Weld County, said he fears a total loss. “Our hay is standing in the fields covered in mud, and there’s so much debris we can’t cut it — it could damage our equipment,” he said.

“The corn will rot... if it’s under water that long.”

Brent Boydston

Colorado Farm Bureau

Many corn growers in the area could also lose their entire harvest, especially for silage that must be cut at the right time to be of any value. For most wheat growers, the additional moisture is welcome, especially in the droughtstricken southeastern corner of the state. But in the northeast, entire irrigation systems have been washed away, and road and bridge damage will make it difficult to get crops to elevators and cattle to feedlots.

An oilwell pad and a small herd of cows are surrounded by flood waters in Weld County, Colorado September 17. The flooding is expected to cost farmers and ranchers billions in property losses and unharvestable crops. Photo: REUTERS/Rick Wilking

CFIA to shift to Health Canada oversight Non-food safety-related agricultural work will stay with AAFC Staff

anada’s government has kicked off a transition plan to shift the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s food safety work to the oversight of the federal Health Ministry. The reorganization, the government announced Oct. 9, “will strengthen Canada’s food safety system by bringing all three authorities responsible for food safety under one minister” — which today is federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose. The three authorities now reporting to Minister Ambrose will be Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and CFIA. The announcement is expected to “serve to create a stronger system with better collaboration and communication.” A transition team of staff from Health Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, CFIA and PHAC has been set up “to ensure that the transition happens as quickly and seamlessly as possible.” CFIA, in a separate statement, said the changeover will take place immediately, but the transition will take some time. The statement said the federal minister, under this reorganization, will continue to be responsible for the CFIA’s non-food safety agricultural activities, including economic and trade issues, as well as important animal health and plant protection work. The roles of the CFIA, Health Canada and PHAC will not change under the new structure, the government said. “Having all three federal authorities report to the same minister will ensure stronger co-ordination with federal authorities and communication with Canadians.”

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Students from four countries toured the Windy Bay Colony last week learning about food production.

High school students from several countries received what was for many, their first glimpse of Prairie agriculture last week.

Students gain from diverse agriculture experience The tour was brief but it gave 47 visiting students plenty to think about and discuss By Angela Lovell Co-operator contributor

hether they came from far-off countries or had lived in Manitoba all their lives, 47 high school students touring southern Manitoba last week went home with a new perspective on agriculture and food. The students and teachers from Australia, England, Japan and Manitoba toured rural Manitoba Oct. 8 as part of the 10th annual Manitoba Bioinnovations Week. Most of the participants got their first glimpse of bison, a Prairie elevator, a Hutterite colony and a dairy farm. “A lot of students, both in university and high school, even though they have taken a lot of science have never experienced science in a real-world setting; they’ve just done it in a classroom,” said Bob Adamson, the event’s organizer. “Getting out in a farming community or going to a research lab in the city provides authentic experiences for the students and their teachers.” Pembina Trails School Division in Winnipeg and Prairie Spirit School Division in south-central Manitoba have been partners in planning Bioinnovation Week for the last five years. Interested Grade 11 and 12 students from their schools have an opportunity to attend the week-long program, which is based in Winnipeg, together with a number of international students. The students worked in teams to answer three questions: How does food security impact human and environmental health?; What role does technology have in meeting global food security?; and, What are the interactions between watersheds and food security? “We are becoming much more of a global community, but in order to appreciate the global you have to appreciate the local and really understand what is going on in the community,” said Lynda Matchullis, learning services administrator with Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD), which helped organize the tour. “In terms of sustainability it’s about the three pillars; the economic, the community and the environmental. If we can take students and give them experiences that

ground them in that, I think they begin to appreciate and talk about their local experiences with their global neighbours. I think that just expands their critical thinking,” she said. Jess Charter, a student from Adelaide, Australia, became interested in genetically modified foods after doing a school research project on food security. “I did a project on how factory farming impacts food security and I did a lot of study around what alternative options there were,” said Charter. “This study tour was based around bioinnovation and a lot of the research I had done was about genetically modified food. That’s what really interested me and I wanted to come and learn more about that.” The tour’s first stop was at Lizard Lake, touted as a world-class Ducks Unlimited water management project that works in partnership with 21 local landowners, the RMs of Pembina and Thompson and the Pembina Valley Conservation District (PVCD). Lizard Lake preserves spring nesting habitat for waterfowl, controls water flows to prevent downstream flooding and erosion and provides lush hay land for local farmers in the late summer and early fall. Katie Morrison, also from Adelaide, was impressed after seeing the St. Leon wind farm and the Lizard Lake project. “I think sustainability is beginning to be a big focus everywhere and things like wind turbines for energy and the dam at Lizard Lake for flood control are really good for the future,” she said. Other partners of the rural tour were MAFRI, PVCD and the Manitoba Canola Growers who sponsored the meal provided by Windy Bay Colony Farm, where students also toured the colony’s vast food-processing facility, school and church and were able to ask questions about Hutterite culture and customs. Lois Symons from Cornwall, England was fascinated with the colony tour. “Having the opportunity to stay in a different culture and learn so much about a particular topic, which you wouldn’t be able to spend so much time on in school, is really valuable to me,” she said.

Dan Stevens, elevator manager at Delmar Commodities explained the role of a grain elevator and how grain is graded while the students watched a load of canola being delivered at its elevator in Somerset. Natsuki Kasamaki, a teacher from Japan, said that she and her students had never seen actual canola seed before, even though that country is one of Canada’s largest export customers. “My students are very interested in food because we just buy food in the supermarket and we don’t know how they make it,” she said. Students were given a peek at some advanced technology for creating aerial imagery for site-specific fungicide application by Rejean Picard, a farm production adviser with MAFRI. Picard presented details of a research project he conducted with the co-operation of local producers, to create zone maps from aerial images obtained using an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with colour and infrared cameras. The rural experience even touched students who had lived in the province all of their lives. “Manitoba is known for its prairies and farming and I haven’t really experienced that, so when I had the opportunity I wanted to take it and experience it,” said Vincent Massey student Rhama Shakin. “Last year we learned about GMOs and I don’t really know what I think about them. But it’s something I wanted to learn more about,” added Ashley Krcadinac. Students from Prairie Spirit School Division, who all grew up on farms, said the program gave them a new perspective on things they take for granted, and that issues of food security and sustainability are both local and global issues. Jo-Lene Gardiner, a MAFRI extension co-ordinator said the program is designed to help prepare youth as the next generation of leaders, business people, farmers, environmentalists and regulators. “Even the kids from Winnipeg had not been this far out of the city. It gives them more of a perspective of agriculture and more confidence in the food system when they can see the system in operation and ask questions about it,” she said.

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Developing world food security through knowledge Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

orld Food Day is a day set aside by the UN each Oct. 16 to help us understand why the world is

hungry. Media stories focus on hunger statistics, who is hungry, and root causes of hunger on a planet producing more food than ever. It’s also a time of year when civil society groups, faith groups, NGOs talk about what they’re doing to end hunger and increase food security. This year’s official theme, chosen by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is ‘sustainable food systems for food security and nutrition.’ Among the many voices joining the conversation about creating such systems, and what such a system would look like, is the International Federation of Home Economists, representing the discipline of home economics worldwide. The way the IFHE sees it, world hunger isn’t because there are too many people and not enough food. It’s because too few people have the necessary skills, knowledge, know-how and resources to manage their lives, families, farms, and communities. The food system is challenged at one end by production limitations, the IFHE says. But its other challenge is a huge swath of consumers around the world who, living in poverty, lack even the most basic skills and resources to look after themselves. Its press release additionally points to global food waste, a problem with diverse root causes worldwide, but essentially the result of too many people unable to store, preserve, prepare, manage and carefully consume food. This could change with greater emphasis worldwide placed on educating girls and women, who are both farmers and caregivers throughout the world, because the surest form of food security is a well-managed home and family, the IFHE says. “Women who receive basic education and training in sustainable farming and food production technologies are more able to improve the nutritional status and health of their families,” it says in a press release. What would the world look like if women’s roles were strengthened through education and there were more supports for families? The IFHE’s vision is of a world where everyone comes from a home where they’re well fed and cared for. World Food Day isn’t a single date on the calendar. It’s a global movement asking each and every one one of us to take action. Let’s keep thinking beyond Oct. 16 of ways to do so in our own homes, families, and communities.

PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Autumn Crumble

Onion Potato Gratin

This dish can be served as a dessert with ice cream or as a side dish.

Gratins only look complicated to prepare and they are delicious main dishes for a simple meal or a great side dish for a special occasion. This one will be a great way to try some of your fall potatoes.

2 c. acorn squash, cooked and mashed 1/3 c. packed brown sugar 1/4 c. all-purpose flour 1 egg 1 tbsp. milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. each ground cinnamon and nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 2 large apples, peeled and chopped 1 carrot, grated 1/2 c. raisins Topping 1/2 c. quick-cooking rolled oats 1/4 c. natural wheat bran 1/4 c. brown sugar, packed 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour 2 tbsp. margarine, soft 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

3 tbsp. canola oil 1 large onion, thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves 1 bay leaf 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper 4 c. potatoes, peeled and cubed 1/4 c. white cranberry juice 1 c. whipping cream 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg 2 c. cheese, finely shredded

To make topping: Combine rolled oats, wheat bran, sugar, flour, margarine and cinnamon until crumbly; sprinkle over squash mixture. Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Heat oil in large, oven-safe skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Partially cover and cook, stirring occasionally for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden and caramelized. Remove bay leaf and discard. Increase heat to medium high. Stir in potatoes and cranberry juice. Cook until liquid evaporates. Stir in cream and nutmeg and bring to a boil. Sprinkle cheese on top. Bake in preheated 375 F oven for 25 minutes. Broil on high for a few minutes or until cheese is bubbly and golden.

Serves 4.

Serves 8.

Source: Peak of the Market (www.peakmarket.com)

With electric mixer; blend squash, brown sugar, flour, egg, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves until smooth; stir in apples, carrot and raisins. Spread in greased eight-inch square baking pan.

Does a good quote inspire you? Here’s a few selected off the World Food Day website at www.pinterest.com/worldfooddayusa/ inspire: • “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” • “Be a friend in deed. Join the crusade against world hunger.” • “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” • “Eat like your life depends on it, because it does!”

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Rossburn boy fundraises for STARS Community support brings over $1,100 in donations By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

our-year-old Jackson Antoniw of Rossburn, Manitoba had an idea that any parent would be extremely proud of. He has always been very interested in the ambulance, fire department, police, any rescue efforts and the STARS (Shock Trauma Air Recue Society) air ambulance, which led to his idea of having a Coffee Break Fundraiser for STARS this past summer in front of the Rossburn Town Hall. The son of Alan and G re t c h e n L a y h - A n t o n i w, Jackson knows all too well what an emergency pager sounds like, as his parents both have been involved with emergency medical ser vices (EMS) for several years. Dressed in his gear, Jackson responds to various imaginary emergency situations within his home, much like his father who has rushed out the door no matter the time of day or kind of weather, for over 20 years of service, many of which has been as a paramedic. His mom has also worked as an EMS casual since 2002, until this year when she decided not to renew her licence as a paramedic. It was while the family was in Winnipeg last year when Alan attended the Interact Conference, Manitoba’s premiere EMS conference, where kids got to go to the showroom to see the new ambulances, equipment, displays and booths, that Jackson picked

Jackson Antoniw wanted to help raise money for STARS. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

up some pamphlets including one on STARS. Asking his mom to read it to him, they reached a section talking about donations and the young boy was curious. “Jackson asked what a donation was,” said Gretchen. “I explained that people give money, or do something to raise money for STARS, and it is used to make sure that the helicopter is available to respond to emergencies. He

thought about it for a bit then said, very seriously, that he wanted to do something to help and raise money.” They discussed some options as a family and came up with selling coffee/juice/ muffins (and, of course, freezies) for a small donation to STARS. In support of STARS, 100 per cent of money collected from the fundraiser will be forwarded to the non-profit,

charitable organization dedicated to providing a safe, rapid, highly specialized emergency medical transport system for the critically ill and injured. “At the present time, Jackson has collected $1,115 from the coffee and muffins sale as well as several cash donations,” said his mom. “The overwhelming support of the community has absolutely left us in awe. We were humbled to

see what a big impact a fouryear-old with an idea could make on our community!” STARS operates on a shared funding model, where costs are paid through community fundraising, individual donors, corporate supporters and government. It responds directly to emergencies often landing on the highway or in a field near the patient. The highly trained crew provides t re a t m e n t a n d t ra n s p o r t to Winnipeg hospitals and patients in Manitoba are not asked to pay for any of the costs involved with STARS. During the floods of 2009 and 2011, Manitoba contracted STARS to provide specialized emergency medical services via helicopter. Based on this experience, Manitoba decided to implement a permanent helicopter air ambulance program with STARS. The program takes the emergency room to the patient while providing the ongoing pre-hospital care required. Onboard every STARS flight are two pilots, a critical-care nurse and a critical-care paramedic. An emergency physician trained in pre-hospital care and transportation is also available by telephone for every emergency response and travels in the helicopter whenever medically necessary. Offering time, hope and life-saving transport, last year over 185 missions were flown in Manitoba from the base at Winnipeg. Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

Colourful cotoneaster This shrub will definitely put on a fall display By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

Cotoneaster’s colour will remain for about three weeks. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

veryone enjoys the brilliant colours that many of our shrubs and trees put forth during the fall season. We choose what we add to our landscapes for a variety of reasons — we consider things like size, texture, summer foliage colour, drought tolerance — but we may not consider the amount of colour the plants will have in the autumn. There are good, dependable trees and shrubs that are very effective in the yard but that do not produce much fall colour. Ash will drop its green leaves if a heavy frost occurs before they turn golden, and lilac is famous for hanging on to its leaves well into late fall — leaves that remain green or perhaps turn a tawny yellow. It is possible, however, to choose trees and shrubs that will perform the tasks we want them to perform in our gardens but still put on

wonderful autumn displays of colour. One such shrub is the cotoneaster. This versatile shrub performs well in sun or shade, survives prolonged dry spells with little adverse effect, and tolerates trimming and pruning, which makes cotoneaster a popular hedging plant. Whether used as a hedge, as a specimen plant or in a shrub border, cotoneaster will put on a grand autumn show. No other tree or shrub has such a wide range of colour all on one plant. On a single cotoneaster shrub you can find gold-coloured leaves, orange and coppery-coloured ones as well as deep-red and burgundy foliage. Those planted in full sun will often produce more red and burgundy tones while those grown in considerable shade will have more yellow and gold hues on their leaves. Cotoneaster has another admirable characteristic: its colourful fall leaves stay on the

branches for a long time — often three weeks. One reason for this is that not all the leaves colour up at the same time; if you examine a cotoneaster shrub carefully in the fall you will see that some branches will still be green while others have already turned bright gold or orange. To add to the interest that cotoneaster gives to the landscape, fall is the time of year that its berries ripen — they are a nondescript dark purple — and birds clamour to get hold of them. Amid the colourful fall foliage of the cotoneaster, redbreasted robins and sleek waxwings can be spotted, all looking for a meal of succulent berries. Since cotoneaster branches are usually quite thin and pliable, the birds often have to perform some acrobatic manoeuvres to obtain the berries, all the while adding to our enjoyment of these wonderful shrubs. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Reena answers more questions Plus, reader feedback and some handy tips Reena Nerbas Household Solutions Dear Reena,

I wonder if you can help me with a problem. I won a Teflon frying pan. The pan has a very stuck-on sticker on the inside bottom that seems impossible to remove without leaving a scratch. Any ideas how to remove the sticker? I always look forward to your articles and learn much. – Thank you, Donna

Hi Donna,

Use a hair dryer to heat the sticker area. Pick up a corner and warm the sticker underneath. The sticker should peel right off.

Hi Reena,

I faithfully read your column and am buying your books for myself and my two daughters but in the meantime, I have a problem that I have not seen so far. How do I remove latex paint from clothing? I have tried scraping with my fingernail and from experience know that once it is washed it is DONE so am waiting for your reply as now I have some on a new T-shirt. In the past this only happened to “paint clothes” but now I need a recipe. Thanks so much for your attention to this. – Paulette

Great to hear from you Paulette,

Water-based paint needs to be treated no longer than six hours after a spill. Apply commercial stain remover to fabric or soak in paint thinner. Wash in cold water with heavy-duty detergent. For old paint stains, soak for 24 hours in Windex or acetone or dish soap or combine equal parts household ammonia with turpentine and scrub with a stiff brush. Taken from Household Solutions 1 with Substitutions.

Help Reena!

Any ideas as to how to clean smelly hockey and football equipment? – Thanks, Rita

Hi Rita,

Most sports equipment (unless leather) is washable. Check care label instructions to see what the manufacturer recommends. If washable, lay equipment in a hot bath of water and laundry detergent. Let soak for at least 10 minutes, rinse and air dry. Stuff equipment with newspaper and fabric softener sheets whenever not in use to keep odours to a minimum. For extra power, you can also soak equipment in borax or vinegar before adding laundry detergent.

Feedback from reader: Hi Reena,

Regarding dark, homemade marmalade: I make Seville-orange marmalade as often as I find the fruit. I have worked out the quantities for a much larger batch than usual and I use a candy thermometer to arrive at the correct temperature, rather than boiling for a given amount of time. I found that boiling down to evaporate the extra water after the sugar is added will darken the final product. I think it is the extra time of boiling the sugar syrup that does the deed. I always add light rum at the end and there is no colour change at the time of addition. Regarding your tips about mashed potatoes: My husband prefers very light, fluffy, mealy mashed potatoes and he perfected his own method of boiling them. He prefers russet potatoes. He peels and cuts them into medium-size pieces and boils them with a minimum of salted water and a good lid (the steam gets hotter than the water) at medium temperature. Boil until barely done (not falling apart), drain and leave to steam out for a few minutes, then mash with a potato masher. I grow about 35 different varieties, including red- and blue-fleshed ones. To keep the colour of these, either boil them in their skins, or if they are large and need to be peeled, use as little water as possible and boil at medium temperature. – Hugs, Gertrude

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Sunflower fields south of Belmont, Manitoba. PHOTO: LILLIAN DEEDMAN

When making marmalade, use a candy thermometer to arrive at the correct temperature, rather than boiling for a given amount of time. This should help to prevent darkening. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Hi Reena,

Our ongoing flea problem is gone! We used FOOD GRADE diatomaceous earth because of our concerns with an 18-month-old and expectant mom in the home. We put the DE along the edges of the rooms, in doorways and along the patio door entrance. At night we put old pillow slips covered with sprinkled DE powder in the well-travelled areas and then in the daytime put those pillow slips in the bedrooms with the doors closed — again to avoid having my grandson and his toys covered in it (although I was told it would be perfectly safe). We have not had any bites in over a week and yesterday my daughter wiped up a dead flea off her kitchen floor so we feel it does work. – Julie

Fabulous Tips of the Week:

• Lemons make a great household deodorizer. Freshen the drains in your

home with lemons. Lemon rinds can be placed in the garbage disposal area in order to keep that area smelling fresh and clean all day, every day. You can also add a few drops of lemon juice into hot water and use this solution to pour down the drain. • King vinegar is the royal best of the best for all-purpose cleaning. But most people don’t like using vinegar because of its smell. This is where lemon juice comes in. Add a few drops of lemon juice into your vinegar solution to neutralize the strong smell of vinegar. Lemon juice will not only take away the vinegar odour, it can also add a nice citrus smell that you will surely love. I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a speaker for an upcoming event? Check out my videos/blog/website: reena.ca.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 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 Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment WINTER PROJECTS FOR SALE: IH W4; IH WD6; IH Farmall M; IH Farmall H; JD AR styled; JD 70 DSL, PS; JD R; JD 1929 D 2-SPD; Oliver 77 row crop, arrow front; Oliver 880 DSL; MH 44 DSL row crop; MH 55 DSL; Fordson Major DSL. (204)745-7445

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

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City Virden

Carberry

Brandon

Boissevain

Pilot Mound

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Killarney

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Souris

Melita

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Reston

Arborg

Lundar

St. Pierre

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Morris Winkler

Crystal City

Morden

Altona

Steinbach

Red River

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

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AUCTION SERVICE LIVESTOCk ANd EqUIPmENT AUCTION

PETER & ChRISTINE mCCONNELL Saturday, OctOber 19th, at 10 am dSt

crOmer, mb LOcated 8 miLeS nOrth Of #2 highway On rOad 162 and ½ miLe weSt Sale featureS: *80 Simmental Cross and Black Angus cows bred to Blk & Red Simm bulls *9 bred heifers bred blk & red Simm *2012 McCormick XTX 165 w/ MFD, 3 pth, 6468 loader, bucket & grapple. Only 906 hours *1983 Case 4690 4 wheel drive *MF 180 *1997 JD 566 round baler *1995 Case IH 8312 – 12’ disc bine *JD 3970 & 3950 silage choppers w/ PU headers *JD 3 row 30” corn header *2011 Kuhn 12 wheel speed rake *2003 Supremme 600 vertical feed mixer w/ scale *2001 Highline bale processor *1997 Ag Shield suspended boom 80’ field sprayer *Walinga 510 grain vac *Trail King 8’ x 20’ tandem stock trailer *250 bus. Easy Way creep feeder *lots of heavy duty feed panels, wind panels, free standing panels and feed troughs *Several grain bins *1979 Ford 9000 semi w/ 278,477 miles ( Saftied ) *54’ High Boy hay trailer *tandem fifth wheel dolly *tandem axle trailer w/ 16’ box w/ silage sides, end gate plus grain end gate *Simon Day 245 asperator *Clipper Super 99D fanning mill *Hutchison rotary cleaner *Simon Day # 3 Uniflow double indent machine *Kipp Kelly 300 gravity machine w/ # 7 deck *30’ leg, 20’ leg, hyd. augers *IHC 856 *Frigstad 47’ DT *Peloquin 14’ 3 pth blade * Plus much much more

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

FOR KEVIN & WANDA LARSEN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 1:00 PM

INGLIS, MB

Lake of the Prairie Conservation District Building • 5 parcels of farm land presently in hay and pasture • 20 acre parcel including house, barn, shelters & bins • RM of Shellmouth-Boulton

25 WHEATBELT ROAD, BRANDON, MB - SATURDAY OCTOBER 19TH AT 9:00 AM DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at Fraser Auction Service yard 25 Wheatbelt Road Brandon, MB. 1/2 mile north of the jct of highways #1 & #10 on the east service road. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: Farm Equipment *Industrial Equipment *Trucks & Trailers *Livestock Handling Equipment *Vehicles *Lawn & Leisure *Shop Equipment & Tools *3pt hitch & Acreage Equipment *Government Surplus*Electrical Inventory *Plus misc. Pallet Lots & more

UPDATED LIST WITH FULL DETAILS AND PICTURES GO TO: www.fraserauction.com TRACTORS: *Case 4490 4WD Tractor, 1983 Model, s/n #8864164, 175 HP, 6660 Hrs showing, 200 Hrs since major transmission work (bills available) 2000 Hrs since eng overhaul (bills available), 18.4 x 34 Duals – Inners fair – outers poor, PowerShift transmission, 4 hydraulic, PTO, Cab with A/C, Extra working floodlights, Used by Owner for Spring Seeding 2013 *1981 8440 JD 4WD Tractor, 215 HP, s/n004484RW, Approx 7900 Hrs Showing *1978 JD 4440 Tractor, 3 Hyd remotes, 540/1000 PTO, 12, 738 hrs showing *1973 JD 4430 Tractor, Triple Hyd, Quad, Dual Tires, Air, s/n 014873R, 11150 hrs showing, (injectors & head done at 8000 hrs) Manual *1989 TW25 Ford Tractor, 140 HP, Factory Duals, Floatation tires on front, Triple Hyd, 1000 + 540 PTO, All Serviced at NH Dealer *656 International Tractor, runs Good but has a small knock, s/n9060, 8772 Hrs Showing *B250 Int Tractor, 4 Cyl, Dsl, NOT RUNNING *Farmall H tractor, s/n58897, Not Running SEED & TILLAGE: *40’ Morris CP740 Chisel Plow, S/N 11099*20’ International 645 Vibra Chisel Cultivator*12’ 2432 Offset Disc – Green*Applicator Frame, S/N 45977-3H*Degelman 570 (Flip) Stone Picker, s/n5440 HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *JD 6601 PT Combine, s/n110863H, Low acres on the machine, just took off a few 100 acres of crop/year until 1996, when parked, top condition when parked - some rust now, Home-made Hopper cover, straw chopper and chaff spreader, grain loss monitor, rubber good, manual, owned by family since the 1980’s *1998 Case IH 2388 SP Combine, s/n JJC197559, 3543 Eng hrs Showing, 2838 Sep hrs showing, AFX Rotor, 1015 Pickup header *1992 Case 1680 combine s/nJJC0116104 approx 4750 hours, specialty rotor, long auger, chopper, chaff spreader, Cummins eng. Case 1010 p/u header *1987 Case 1680 combine s/nX18648X 3197 hours, chopper, chaff spreader, Case 1010 p/u header *22’ JD Header w/ Sund Bean Pickup, s/n124429H HAYING EQUIPMENT: *Hay Buster 256+2 Bale Shredder, Good cond, Ready to Work*1992 NH 660 Rd Baler, s/n 873514, Monitor, PTO, (New bearing will be provided for the 2nd bearing on right hand side)*(4) Round Balers*14’ x 54’ Hay Tarp GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: *Brandt 4000 Grain Vac, New 2000, s/n45258A*REM 1026 Grain Vac, s/n 94-1026-1759, all New seals last winter*(2) Carter Day Seed Cleaners*Cleaner Leg PROCESSOR EQUIPMENT: *2007 Highline Bale Processor, Model #4065-5, left hand discharge, (Just like NEW), s/nBP40650415, Extra Knives, Manual OTHER EQUIPMENT: *10’ x 35’ Senstek Portable Scale, In the last 2 yrs - 4 of the 6 Load cells have been replaced with NEW, Comes with Scale Head, (worked good when removed out of service - Seller upgraded to Larger Scale) 60,000 lb Capicity*Rock A Matic 57 Stone Picker LOADERS & ATTACHMENTS: *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ 9in & 12in & 15in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 14-25 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 36” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 15” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate*NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 750ch w/ 12in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 7-20 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 18” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 12” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate*VEHICLE: *2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Passenger Van, 6 Cyl, Blue, S/N 2D8HN44H48R130927, 172803 kms showing*TRUCKS: *2003 Volvo Hwy Tractor, Espar Heater System, 13 Spd, Eng D12 465 HP, Herd Bumper, s/n 4V4NC9GH33N345242, 1806020 Kms showing, SAFETIED*2007 Ford F250, White, Good Working Order, 1 Owner, 179000 kms showing*2000 Ford F250 SD Pickup, Light Pickup, 8 Cyl, White, S/N 1FTNF20L4XEC42167, 323,922 Kms ShowingTRAILERS: *2013 28’ Gooseneck Trailer, 2 - 10,000 lb Axles*2013 NEW 7’ x 14’ Big Tex Trailer, Black, Single Axles, Removable Side Walls, s/n 16VAX1414DA88559*2013 NEW 6’ X 12’ Big Tex trailer, Black, single Axles, s/n 16VAX1212D2A88630*18’ NEW 2012 Mission ATV Trailer, Model MATV88 X 18, 4400 LBS, s/n5WFBA1816CW017520INDUSTRIAL: *NEW 12’ Box Scraper*NEW 10’ Box Scraper*(4) NEW 12 x 16.5 Skid Steer Tires*(4) NEW 10 x 16.5 Skid Steer Tires*(2) NEW 30 DRAWER 10FT HEAVY DUTY WORK BENCH WITH HANGING WALL c/w 40’’ high hanging wall, stainless steel drawer panel, metal handles*(4) NEW Powertek 3000CL - 3.0 kw Gas Generator 120/240/12vDC*(2) NEW Powertek 7500CL – 7.5 kw Gas Generator 120/240/16HP*(2) NEW Powertek 9000H - 9 kw Gas Generator, 16 HP 120/240*(2) NEW Powertek EDG6000S - 9 kw Gas Generator, 16 HP 120/240 LAWN & GARDEN, & LEISURE: *(20 - 30) 2006 - 2009 Yamaha Golf Carts, Gas & Electric*2009 Arctic Cat Prowler XTX 700CC, side by side, mint shape, approx 160 hrs showing*2005 Suzuki King Quad 700 ATV, Mint cond., 26” Mud Lite Tires, always Shedded year round, New Battery*(2) Large Metal Frame - Decks*McCullogh 14” Chainsaw (Not running)*100’ Mastercraft 1/2” Rubber Garden Hose*Sunbeam 12” Electric Hedge Trimmer*McCulloch 28cc 16” Gas Engine Grass Whip*Stihl Chainsaw MS250, runs perfect*Stihl Gas Trimmer KM55RC8 TENTS: *(2) 30FT X 40FT X 15FT High Ceiling Double Doored Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, fire resistant, doors on two ends*(2) 16 ft x 22 ft Marquee Event Tent, C/W: 320 sq.ft, one zipper door, 7 windows, heavy duty frames and fabrics*(4) 10 ft x 20 ft Commercial Instant Pop Up Tent*(1 SET) NEW 18FT Bi-Parting Wrought Iron Gate LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *2003 Kuhn Knight 3150 Reel Type Mix Wagon, S/N A0034*2004 Portable (Scalco)Model 2000 Livestock Group Scale, Certified for trade, Max Weight 12,000 lbs*(186) Light Duty Panel 9’ 6”*(2) Light Duty Panel w/ Gate 9’ 6”*(90 Pcs) 4’ General Purpose Gate*(50 Pcs) 6’ General Purpose Gate*(24 Pce) 8’ General Purpose Gate*(48 Pce) 10’ General Purpose Gate*(4 Pce) 16’ General Purpose Gate*(2) Pce Cattle Squeezes*(24) Rolls Farm Fence SHOP EQUIPMENT: *King Industrial 8” Jointer, Mod: CT-204, Motor: 8 Amp, 230 V, 1 PH, 60Hz, Speed: 4,500 RPM/TR.MIN., Like New, extra set of knives included*Hyundai Lathe 1999, Model HIT-18S, s/n Q18-6168, main drive not working*NEW 1” Air Impact Wrench*(8) NEW Transport Chain 5/16 x 16”*(6) NEW Ratchet Binders*(6) NEW Binders*(9) NEW Body Suits*(2) NEW Universal Seat, Black*(2) NEW Wratchet Wrench Set 15/15*(2) NEW Wratchet Wrench Set 17/17TIRES & AXLES*(10) NEW 11X 22.5 Trailer Tires*(2) NEW 11.00 x 16 3 Rib*(3) NEW 9.5 x 15 Imp*(6) NEW 11 x 15 Imp*(4) NEW LT 265/70/18 Truck*(2) NEW 16.5 x 16.1 Imp*(2) NEW 12.5 x 15 Imp*(1) NEW 16.5 x 16.1 Diamond Imp PUMPS, MOTORS & TANKS: *(2) NEW 2’’ GAS ENGINE WATER PUMP c/w 5.5 hp engine*(1) NEW 3’’ GAS ENGINE WATER PUMP c/w 6.5 hp engine *3HP Pump & Motor*1/3 HP Electric Sump Punp Pedestal Style*Hausfeld 12 Volt Inflation Pump with Light*(7) Pumps*(3) 100 Gal Expansion Tanks*(2) 2” Sewer Pump, Single Phase, 220 Volt*38HP Gas Engine BUILDING MATERIALS: *Pallet - Counter Tops*(1) Lift - Regent Gray Metal Approx 40 Pce*(2) Commercial Window Frames (one with glass)*PVC Picture Window 27 3/8 x 53 1/8 (tri)*PVC Slider 27 3/8 x 61 ¼ (dual)*PVC Slider 39 x 38 7/8 ELECTRICAL INVENTORY: *WD40 - caulking - lubricant: box of numerous cans*(3) Box - misc. conduit joiners*(3) misc. PVC conduit joiners*misc. EMT straps*(2) misc. juntion boxes - approx. 50*compression tap connectors - approx. 100*misc. screws, bolts, nuts*(2) misc. juntion boxes - approx. 60*(4) Box - misc. hardware MISCELLANIOUS ITEMS: *(2) NEW RelaxYou DF1688F - Multi Function Chair - 120V black*Box of Nails*(2) Boxes of Hangers (Large & small)*chimney sweep*Box of Rollers & Pulleys*Chain*Box of Wheels*Jumper Cable Ends*Lamp Shades (glass)*Water filled Roller*Box of Reflectors*Amo Box*Steel Seat*Curling Score Board

FARM LAND AUCTION for BOB and JEAN WILLIAMSON in THE RM of STRATHCONA

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ANNUAL FALL CONSIGNMENT SALE EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT

of Belmont, MB - WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23RD at 1:00 PM

LAND INFORMATION: Package consists of two parcels of land: (To be sold as one package)

For more details & photos: www.chescu.com Kevin & Wanda Larsen: 204-937-7647 home: 204-564-2033 Barry Chescu: 204-564-2509, 204- 937-7180 Chescu Auctions, Inglis, MB. PL # 3183202

1) SE30-6-15W (Roll Number 119400) RM of Strathcona (Tital 162456) - Approx. 160 Acres 2) NE30-6-15W (Roll Number 119100) RM of Strathcona (Tital 1624153) - Approx. 160 Acres For full listing and photos www.rosstaylorauction.com For information call Peter or Christine 204-877-3639 Shop 204-556-2229 Cell 204-851-2327 Call 204-877-3834 Toll free 877-617-2537 Pl # 909917

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tom & bev neustaedter Crystal City, MB | Monday, October 21, 2013 · 11am

2004 JohN Deere 9420

2001 JohN Deere 9650

2005 PeTerbiLT 379

AucTioN LocATioN: From Crystal City, MB, go 9.6 KM (6 miles) East on Grid #423 to 6 Mile Rd sign, then 0.8 km (0.5 miles) South, yard on East side. GPS: 49.12414, -98.80453 A PArTiAL equiPMeNT LisT iNcLuDes: 2004 John Deere 9420 4WD · 2001 John Deere 9650 Combine · 1997 John Deere 9600 Combine · 2000 Premier 2950

25 Ft Swather · 2005 Peterbilt 379 T/A · 2007 John Deere 1835 41 Ft Air Drill · 2013 John Deere 2410 43 Ft Cultivator · (2) 1000 Gallon NH3 Tanks ...and much more!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Tom Neustaedter: 204.825.7072 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Daryl Martin: 306.421.5066 800.491.4494

INCLUSIONS TO LAND: All Boarder & Cross Fencing EXCLUSIONS TO LAND: All Mines and Minerals pertaining to property are excluded from this sale SPECIAL NOTE: A fence line between this property and the property to the west was placed inset onto theis parcel of land as per an agreement between the seller and the land owner to the west. This fence must be left intact and in place as it is now until the current owner (Ronald Blair Rankin) either sells his property or gives written permission to the buyer of this property to remove it if it is no longer needed to contain his livestock. Buyer must use his/her own inspection as to the amound of property that this will affect.

For more information contact Bob & Jean Williamson 204-537-2557 or 204-730-0442

COMPLETE LIQUIDATION for DUNCAN TRAILERS

of RUSSELL, MB - SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH at 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: 1km west of Russell, MB on the north side of #16 highway. ORDER OF SALE: 10:00 – 12:00 (parts, pallet lots, tools, household effects, ECT.) • 12:00 – 1:00 (Major shop equipment welders, break, shear, plasma cutter, compressors) 1:00 (JD Mower, ATV, Sleds, Tractor, forklift, trailers) Two lines maybe selling at the same time throughout the day! AUCTIONEER NOTES: Due to a terrible traffic accident Mrs. Duncan will be selling the assets of her family business. This is a complete liquidation of this very well known trailer builder. If you are in the market for quality shop items and or recreation items you won’t want to miss this sale. Dress for the weather some selling will take place outdoors.

TRACTOR & FORK LIFT: *CaseIH MXU110 MFWA w/CaseIH LX156 Loader, Bucket & Joystick, 16 Spd Trans, 95HP,Power Reverser, Diff Lock, 3PT, 2 Remote Hyd, Dual PTO, 18.4-34 Rear, 14.9R24 Front, 515Hrs Showing, s/nACP259852*PBC7B2*281846*CAT VC60D Fork Lift, Cat 1404 Propane Eng. 6000lb Max Cap/Type G, s/n958600, forklift adapter to move Trailer3PT HITCH EQUIPMENT: *Trailer Mover*7’ Buhler/Farm King Finishing Mower, s/n27835423*7’ Deerborne Disk*6.5’ CultivatorTRAILERS: (More info and specs on these trailers can be found at www.duncantrailers.com)*NEW 30’ T/A 5th Wheel Flat deck Trailer w/Dual Wheel Axles, Ramps, Dual Jacks*NEW 30’ Triple Axel 5th Wheel Flat deck TrailerSNOWMOBILES: *2005 Arctic Cat 660 Turbo ST w/Reverse, 4 Stroke Eng. 3416 Miles Showing, s/n4UF05SNW25T128572, Windshield Storage Bags*Arctic Cat T660 Turbo w/Reverse, 4 Stroke Eng. 157 Miles Showing, only 6 Hrs Showing, Sled Built from Salvage to be raced, motor has been Ported & polished & bored Oversized, Clutches are Stock.*2000 Arctic Cat Thunder Cat, 5645 Miles Showing, s/n4UF00SNW8YT212799, Motor Bored & Polished, Heads are Shaved, After Market D&D Exhaust ATV - ATV PARTS & BOAT: *2005 Yamaha Grizzly 660 4x4 w/Diff Lock on Command, 5’ Blade, electric Winch, 1406 Kms showing, s/nJY4AM03W55C030236*16’ Cinnaron Racing Jet Boat, Chevy 350 engine, Berkeley Jet Drive, 1984 Oklahoma Trailers Inc. Trailer, Boat s/nC1M66092C484, Trailer s/n0KTLA000169740484 LAWN & GARDEN: *JD 997 Z Trak Zero Turn Mower, Yanmar 3 Cyl DSL Eng, 198Hrs Showing*Echo Weed Trimmer*McCulloch 2816 Weed Trimmer*Homelite Weed Trimmer SHOP TOOLS: *8’3” Hydraulic Metal Brake (Could not find specs on this unit. It is a large unit that was used in the everyday workings of a trailer manufacturing operation.)*6’3” Hydraulic Metal Shear (Could not find specs on this unit. It is a large unit that was used in the everyday workings of a trailer manufacturing operation.)*Millar Syncro-Wave 180SD, AC/DC Square-wave Power Source Tig Welder, Volts – 26, Amps – 150, Duty Cycle 40%, Max OCV-80, Foot Pedal Feed*NEW Miller Millermatic 251 Wire Welder, Amp – 200, Volt -28, duty Cycle 60%, Max OCV 36, s/nLE240469DIMENSIONAL STEEL: *Large Selection of Flat Steel, angle Iron round stock, square tubing*Selection of metal cutoffs*Assortment of Tube Steel – 2”x4”, “3x4”, 2”x2”, 3.5”x10”, 4”x8”, 4”x6”, 1.5”x1.5”, 1”x1”*Assortment of Round Pipe – 3.5”, 4”, 4.5” SNOWMOBILE PARTS & ACCESSORIES: ***most parts fit 1997 – 2001 Arctic Cat 800 or 1000 Triple****1010 PSI Genesis III Engine w/MSD Ignition, Ported & Polished, Dial-A-Dome Heads*1000 Improved Arctic Cat Engine, Ported & Polished, Intake Bored*800 Stock Arctic Cat Engine, Needs work on top end, bottom end is good.*(4) Bottom end Cases one with Crankshaft TRAILER PARTS: *Quantity of Rubber Planks for trailer floor*Assorted Jigs for building Trailers*Assorted New tires*Assorted New rims TRUCK PARTS: *Fender Flares*Assorted Rims*Engine Blocks*Headers OFFICE: *Wooden Office Desk*Chairs*(2) Tables*HP Printer HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: *Couch & Chair*Recliner*(2) Single Powerlift Beds*Bedroom Suite w/ Headboard, Armoire Dresser w/ Mirror, (2) Night Tables*(2) Bar Chairs MISC ITEMS:*1000 Gal Fuel Tank w/110 Volt Pump*36” Venting Slab Single Drilled Door*Assorted BoltsX

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BRANDON, MANITOBA Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C. PHONE: (204) 727-2001 FAX: (204) 729-9912 www.fraserauction.com EMAIL: office@fraserauction.com Auctioneer: Scott Campbell Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Cash or cheque. NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit. Sale conducted by FRASER AUCTION SERVICE 1-800-483-5856 www.fraserauction.com

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake LIFETIME COIN & MONEY Private Collection Auction, Sat., Oct. 26th, 10:00am at Days Inn, south bypass on Trans-Canada Hwy, 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.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

Carpenter Along w/ Estate

Marion Trucking

Sat., Oct. 26 @ 10:00 am

Sat., Oct. 19 @ 9:00 am

Stonewall, MB- #12 Patterson Dr

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

ANNUAL FALL GUN AUCTION Oct. 20 @ 9:30 am

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr Email: mcsherry@mts.net

06 - 8 Wheel ARGO! Book in your Guns NOW PRESENING 250 Guns * Booking Room for 50 more! MANITOBA LARGEST GUN AUCTION! Also Selling Ammo, Mounts, Hunting Accessories * Contact Stuart at (204) 886-7027 or Heather at: (204) 793-6416

Auction Note: More Items Than Listed

80s MF 245 PS 3PH 540 PTO hyd * MF 235 Tractor 3PH 540 PTO * Blue Giant 2000 LB Battery Walk Behind Fork Lift *JD 450 9’ Sickle Mower * MTD Cab Cadet Snowblower * Ford Garden Tractor w/ Mower, Snowblower & Rotovator Attach * BH 18’ Flat Deck Trailer * Snowmobile Trailer * Yard Items * 12 ton Press * Wood Rite Wood Welder * Parformax 16-32 Sander * Hinge Bore Machine * Delta DJ 20 8” Jointer * Delta 1HP Dust Collector * General Model 130 14” Planer * Taco Master Pro 10” Radial Arm Saw “ One Way” 2436 Computerized, 220 V w/ Vaccum Clamp 12” Swing 36” Bed Wood Lathe * Jet Model JML 1014 Mini Wood Latl 5” Swing 14” Bed * General Model 160 Wood Lathe 36” Bed 8” Swing Upgraded to Variable Spd Trans *Toro Drill Press * Rockwell / Delta 6” Belt 12” Disc Sander * King 14” Band Saw * Powermatic 10” Table Saw * Beaver 6 Jointer * Hinge Template Set * Air Mate Respirators * 20 Gramaphones * Alladin Lamps * More items than Listed - Go to website *

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

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

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Winnipeg, MB - 578 McTavish Contact: (204)237-3171

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

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Crawler, Wheel Loader: Cat 951 C P Shift w/ FEL & Ripper * 95 Case 621 B Wheel Loader * Volvo/ Michigan L70 Tool Carrier Trucks: 06 Petersbilt 387 694,000 km,* 01 Freightliner FL 70 w/ 22’ Al Frt Box * 04 Kenworth T300, 28’ Deck * 98 Western Star 4864 w/ 14’ Renn Gravel Box* 00 Kenworth T300 w/ 13’ Heated Gravel Box * 99 Int 9100 15’ Gravel Box * 97 Kenworth T800 w/ Wet Kit, 520,000 km * 99 Int 4700 DT Cab & Chassis Trailers: 90 Arnes 50 ton Air Ride 40’ Low Bed * 98 Renn Pony Pup * 97 Mond 40’ Highboy * 95 Southland Equip Trailer, Sft * 2) 48’ Semi Freight Trailers * Saturn BH 10’ Trailer * Construction: MFB Ind 3PH & FEL * HIAB 140 hyd Lift * 3) Lench 25 yrd Garbage Compactors * 4) Gravel Boxes * Truck Sanders * Pavemaster Asphalt Roller * Wacker Walk Behind Compactors * Walk Behind Trencher* Truck & Grader Wings * Truck Plows * FEL Buckets * Grader Blades * Light Trucks: 97 GMC 3500 12’ deck * 94 GMC 3500 4x4 w/ Service Box * 92 Ford 350 Crew Cab w/ Service Box * Tools: Harrison 48” Metal Lathe 12” Swing * Canox Max 40 Plasma Cutter * Miller Invision 456 P Mig/ Stick Welder * Electron gas 18 HP Stick Welder/ 4000 watt Generator * 10’ hyd Metal Bender * 10’ hyd Metal Sheer * * Plenty Shop Supply * Power, Air, Hand Tools Rec & Misc: 2) Club Car Elec 4 Wheel Golf Carts * Cusman gas Utility Cart * 9.9 HP Outboard * 6.5 HP Power Weedeater * Chains * Binders * Load Strapping * Steel Stairs * Culverts * Railway Ties Parts: Cat 951C Crawler Parts * Truck Trans * Semi Sleepers * Truck Frames * Truck Seats * Bumpers * Hyd Pump * Rims * 5th Wheel Hitchs * PARTIAL LIST Go to website to see full listing www.mcsherryauction.com

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

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• Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators. • Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available. • Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available. • Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators. • Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts. • Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames. • Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service. • 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds. Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! 1-800-782-0794.

FARM AUCTION for the late Michael Malech

Sat., Oct. 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM #60068 Dundee Garson Rd. 33E Dugald, MB

Directions: From Dugald, MB, 6 miles east on Hwy#15 (also called Dugald Rd). Turn left or north on Dundee Garson Rd. (33E). Watch for signs.

PLEASE VIEW OUR WEBSITE www.lamportanddowler.com FOR PHOTOS AND FULL LISTING!!! Auctioneer’s note: Please plan to join us for this sale. Mike was a well respected farmer in the Dugald area. Something for everyone

OVER 43,000 PIECES OF AG EQUIPMENT!

LOOKING FOR AG EQUIPMENT OR MACHINERY?

Buy and Sell anything you need through the

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John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915 www.lamportanddowler.com 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. 1-800-782-0794.

Find it fast at

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ERIC ERICKSON ESTATE AG & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions HARRY & VIVIAN UHLL AUCTION Sat., Oct. 26th, 2013 10:00am WESTVIEW #10 Melville SK. CONTACT: (306)728-3878. EQUIPMENT: 1977 Case 580 C Backhoe DSL, cab, extend a hoe, good rubber, one owner, 3,500-hrs; MF #35 DSL Tractor 3-PTH, like new rubber; IH 111 Rough Cut 5-ft. 3-PTH mower; Farm King 5-ft. finishing mower, mint; 2, 3-PTH plows; IHC 7-ft. Cultivator; 10-ft. MF Cult 3-PTH; 2 wheel trailer; 17-in. hammer mill; 24-ft. gooseneck trailer, hyd ramp, tandem axle bale deck; 17-ft. stock trailer; 7x12 tilt trailer; MACHINE SHOP EQUIPMENT: Stationary compressor 1725 RPM; 30-Ton hyd press w/flow meter, excellent; 2 upright grinders; Atlas 36-ft. lathe, 9-in. swing; ITC post drill; Canadian #18 post drill, tapered chalk; Large blacksmith anvil, real good; 2000 psi pressure washer; Acklands 275amp AC/DC welder; Industrial band saw; Metal bender; Power fist iron bender; Metal circle cutter; Welding tables; Acetylene gauges w/tanks; 1/2, 3/4 drills; Vices; Grinders; Chainsaw; Shop vac; Tool boxes; Wrenches; Socket sets; Table saw; New iron; Nuts, bolts, etc.; RECREATION: 2000 Polaris 600 Touring Skidoo two upright seat, electric start, 1,467-mi, excellent. NOTE: Harry is retiring. Shop equipment looks good. Backhoe one owner, low housed. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851

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AUTO & TRANSPORT

VINTAGE SERVICE STATION & COCA COLA

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

Sun., November 22 @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr Email: mcsherry@mts.net 2) Clear Vision Bowser 1) Double 1) Single * Texaco Elec Pump * Air Eco Meter * Red Indian Oil Rack * • 2) Buffalo Globes * 2) Upright Coca Cola Coolers 1) mod 44, 1) mod 39 * Coin Operated Dispensers * Coffee Grinders * 8) Pedal Cars * Over 150 Signs * Clocks * Door Bars * Thermometers * Flanges * 2) Red Indian Signs * White Rose * BA * Ford V8 * Ford Wing Model T * Chev * Antelope * FireStone * Good Year * Texaco * Husky * Black Cat * 2) JD * 10) Cola Cola * Mountain Dew * 6) Orange Crush * McDonalds * Palm Ice Cream * Buffalo Oil Cans * Red Indian * Oil Jar * Air Plane Ash Tray * Railway Items *

Auctioneer Note: This will be Canada’s Most Exciting Adv Sale of the Decade ! Go To the Web for Pictures & Listing!

Opening:: Tue., Oct. 15

Closing: Thur., Oct. 24

LOCATION: 22098 390th St SE, Erskine, MN, 56535 PREVIEW:

By Appointment.

LOADOUT: All items must be removed by

Nov. 24 or buyer subject to storage & load out fees.

DOZER, EXCAVATORS, & ATTACHMENT / TRACTOR LOADER BACKHOE & ATTACHMENT / SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACHMENTS TRACTORS / HARVEST EQUIPMENT SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS / BOX TRUCKS / PICKUPS / AIR DISC DRILL / TILLAGE EQUIPMENT OTHER EQUIPMENT / ATV

ERIC ERICKSON ESTATE \ Lesly Tradewell PR For information contact Wade, 218.280.9492 or from Steffes Auctioneers, Lynn Sather, 218.779.9308 & Dave Krostue, 218.779.6865

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 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.

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GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.

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2000 FORD F250 XLT super cab, short box, 7.3 DSL, automatic, 2WD, 300,000-km, new tires w/5th wheel hitch & tailgate, very nice condition, $6,500 OBO. (204)745-7445

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414 Wynyard, SK.

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Building Supplies

Combine ACCessories FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

POST FRAME BUILDINGS BUILT TO LAST

CALL TOLL FREE 1-855-962-6866 Ron Cook

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.

P. 204-638-5303 C. 204-572-5821 F. 204-622-7053 rcook@mcmunnandyates.com

2004 HI-QUAL 36 X 22 Fabric Quonset; Agri-plastic calf hutches w/pails & doors; 2 metal calf sheds. Phone (204)571-1254, Brandon. AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www.postframebuilding.com CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

BUSINESS SERVICES 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.

Jan Ward

Phone 306-620-8422 Fax 204-284-8284 dhardy@mcmunnandyates.com

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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 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 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.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling CASE IHC 8480 soft core round baler. Phone (204)743-2187.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers 2013 JD D450 635D Header HIDs 650 tires, Dual Knife, Full Poly, Very Low Hours. $160,000. Call: (701)521-0581. 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.

SEVERAL HO-MOUNT HAMMERS, AIR & hyd. Phone (204)376-5244, Arborg MB.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment 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.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins 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.

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.

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. 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.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Massey Ferguson 1985 860 MF D8 hydro 24-ft. straight cut header, field ready, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.

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

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

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

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

1984 CO-OP 806 CHISEL Plow 25-ft mounted 3 row harrows. $3,000. Phone:(204)248-2507. Notre Dame, MB. 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 – 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.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 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. 2008 JD 9530T, 3,100-HRS, 36-in tracks, Powershift, PTO, 4Hyd, SCVs, HIDs, AT ready. $240,000. Call:(701)521-0581. 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.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

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1-800-982-1769 www.bigtractorparts.com

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. 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.

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

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.

JD 8400 POWER SHIFT, 1000 PTO, 3-PTH, 4 Hyd, 7,900-hrs, Performax Service Done, $64,900; JD 840 Loader avail, $12,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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.

JD 9120 POWER SHIFT, 1000 PTO, 3-PTH, 4 Hyd, GPS, Auto Steer, 6,900-hrs, Performax Service Inspection, $115,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – New Holland 1994 FORD/ NH 7740 sle, 85-HP, 3,740-hrs, CAH, 3-pt., MFWD, dual PTO, Allied 694 loader, joystick, 7-ft. bucket & bale fork, $25,000 OBO. Phone (204)753-2598.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 4 Wheel Drive 1976 8630 JD, PTO, 7950-hrs, good condition, $13,500 OBO. Call Brian (204)981-6480.

48-FT HAY TRAILER WITH a converter. Phone (204)589-5438 or leave message. 8 BALE LOW-BED, 9-FT x 26-ft, 6-in x 8-in steel beams, $1,000; 41-ft, 7-in Westfield grain auger w/Kohler 16-hwp motor w/starter, $850; 6-ft swath roller, $175. Phone:(204)748-1024.

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. 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.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED JD 530 MODEL, row crop. Phone Gordon (204)268-2392.

FENCING

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

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.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

SOLD FARM & RETIRED

Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE:

FARM MACHINERY Salvage

JD 9870 STS 2009 Combine

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

460 Hours Warranty Until Fall of 2014

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 Snowblowers, Plows

Farm machinery

Tillage & Seeding - Harrows & Packers 2011 PHILLIPS 45-FT. ROTARY harrow, like new. Phone (204)729-6803.

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 Tillage & Seeding – Various

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.

Tillage & Seeding

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.

6-8 YD MISKIN SCRAPER, asking $5500. Phone (204)376-5244, Arborg MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive

6-FT. FARM KING SNOWBLOWER w/hyd chute, very good condition, $900 OBO. (204)745-7445

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.

BRANT MODEL 672 PTO grain cart. Tarp, light package, Very clean, $18,000. Call:(204)871-0925. MacGregor, MB.

1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

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.

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks. Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

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2, JD 853A all crop heads, good condition, asking $9,850 each OBO. Phone (204)746-4555.

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.

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.

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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

2007 TOREQ 18000 SCRAPER 18-yd $30,000; 2008 Bobcat T250, 1,200hrs, CAH, HiFlow, Excellent Tracks, $29,000. Call:(701)521-0581.

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

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

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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.

1988 2096 CASE IH 2WD tractor, good condition, 10,000-hrs, $16,000 OBO. Phone Arnold (204)822-3789 or (204)362-6403.

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2007 621D WHEEL LOADER 3-yd bucket, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.

FLEX PLATFORMS- FALL SPECIAL- In Stock. JD 216, 920- 925- 930; JD 630- (04-06), 635 (09); CIH 1020 25-ft.-30-ft. CIH 2020 30-ft.-35-ft. Ready to Go to Work. Air Reel Flex Platform- 2001 925 w/Crary Air Reel, F.F., $18,900; 1998 930 w/Crary Air Reel, $14,900; 2003 930 w/Crary Air Reel, $19,900. 3 NH 973 30-ft., one w/Crary Air Reel. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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1990 JD 843 CORN Head, 8 Row, 30-in., Field Ready, Fits All Deere’s, $11,500; 1997 JD 893 Corn Head, 8 Row, 30-in., Knife Rolls, Field Ready, $18,900; 1991 JD 843 Corn Head, 8 Row, 30-in., Totally Reconditioned, New Chains, Sprockets, Paint, $14,900; 2002 JD 893 Corn Head, 8 Row, 30-in., Totally Reconditioned, New Sprockets, Chains, Etc. Mint, $28,900; CIH 1083 Corn Head, 8 Row, 30-in., Totally Reconditioned, $14,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage 2008 BOURGAULT 7200 HEAVY Harrow 84-ft $38,000. Call:(701)521-0581.

JD Tractors • 8345 R, 1415 Hrs, FWA • 8360 R, 1104 Hrs, FWA • 9430, 489 Hrs, FWD

1830 44 Ft Air Seeder with 1910 Seed Cart Seeded approx 5000 acres

2013 Unverferth 36’ Rolling Basket Harrows “NEW” Never Used

2013 Harriston 8 Row Potato Planter “NEW” Never Used

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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.

BRED YEARLING HEIFERS FOR SALE Red & Black Angus cross. Exposed from June 14th -Aug 14th to easy calving bulls. Your choice $1700; 50 or more $1,650 or $1,600 for all 90. Phone (204)683-2208 St. Lazare, MB

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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.

FOR SALE: 40 ANGUS cows mainly Black Angus bred to Black Angus for May & June calving, asking $1,600 per cow OBO. (204)247-0388, Roblin, MB.

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LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment 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. HIGH-LINE 7000 BALE PROCESSOR, twine cutter, $7500; NH 795 manure spreader, $3800; Gehl 315 manure spreader, side discharge, $4000. Phone (204)828-3648.

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MUSICAL TRUMPET, $199; CLARINET, $250; Flute, $250; Trombone, $299; Saxophone, $600; Ukeleles, $29.95-$139; Ibanez base guitar, $399; Lapsteel, $99.95; Acoustic amps, 10 watt $79.95, 40 Watt $199.95, 180 watt $399; Base amps $89.95-$500; Marshall stack 100 Watt $650; Octave Mandolin, $299; Randall 100 Watt tube stack, $1200; 6+12 string double-neck electric guitar w/case, $500; Mandolin, $99.95; Mandolin-Banjo, $499; GuitarBanjo, $250; Guitar-Mandolin, $399; Electric Autoharp, $399; Keyboard, $150; Violins, $69.95-$1295; Wireless music system, $125; Wireless mic, $125. Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Mall, (204)857-3172.

PETS PETS & SUPPLIES 12 WK OLD MAREMMA puppy, will be large guardian dog, being raised w/sheep. $350. Phone (204)367-8945. BLUE HEELER PUPPIES for sale parents very good cattle dogs. Phone (204)853-2080, ask for Vicki. BORDER COLLIE PUPS for sale. Both parents on site, 3 females blk/w & 4 males, 2 are blk/w, 2 are red/w, $125 ea, ready to go October 10th. No Sunday calls please (204)656-4430. FOR SALE: PB BLUE Heeler puppies, apx 10 weeks old, 1 male & 3 females left, no shots. Asking $150/each. Call:(204)886-7510.

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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. FARMLAND FOR SALE IN RM of Thompson, SE 1/4 of 5-5-5WPM, 159.4-acs. Contact Melvin Toews at Golden Plains Realty Ltd. Ph: (204)745-3677. 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

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Deadline for bids November 30, 2013 Mail bids to: Daniel & Terry Sabourin Box 25 St. Jean Baptiste, MB R0G 2B0 204-746-4028 - cell

READY TO MOVE HOMES - Beautiful homes still available for fall delivery. 3 bedrooms, walk-in closet & ensuite, main floor laundry. 1,320-sqft $75,000, 1,520-sqft - $90,000. Call Marvin Homes Inc:(204)326-1493, (204)355-8484. Steinbach, MB. www.marvinhomes.ca

WANTED: LOOKING FOR CROPLAND in Argyle, Stonewall, Warren, Balmoral, Grosse Isle, St Francis, Elie & surrounding area. Please call Deric (204)513-0332, leave msg.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Saskatchewan 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), NOTRE DAME USED OIL 4 bed, 2 bath. 12,850-bu. steel bin storage. Excellent water & cattle facilities. MLS 462168 RE& FILTER DEPOT DUCED to $1,240,000. Call ALEX MORROW: (306)434-8780. http://Shire.TimHammond.ca

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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, New 30.5L-32 16 ply, $2,195; 20.8-38 12 ply receive mail & distribute it to required persons, $795; 18.4-38 12 ply; $789; 24.5-32 14 ply, make bank deposits & pay monthly bills, be profi$1,749; 14.9-24 12 ply, $486; 16.9-28 12 ply cient w/computers, familiar with Excel/Word/Power $558, 18.4-26 10 ply, $890. Factory direct. More Point, familiar w/social media, Twitter & FaceBook, sizes available new and used. 1-800-667-4515. be able to work unsupervised, receive phone calls www.combineworld.com & 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 TRAILERS candidate will be a self starter that has an office to conduct business from & deal with the day-to-day Grain Trailers running of the MB Sheep Association. You will be someone who is confident dealing with government FOR SALE: 2 SETS of ‘09 Super B Lode King agencies, the public, other provincial organizations Prestige grain trailers, c/w air lift axles, 22.5 tires, & the board. Please E-mail resume w/references & asking $53,000. 2004 Super B Lode King Prestige expected salary to Mitch Millar, Vice Chair MSA. trailer, asking $40,000. (204)857-1700, Gladstone, MB. mitch@mjmillarranch.com Toll Free: 1-800-782-0794 Email: sharon.komoski@fbcpublishing.com

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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.

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12 X 60 TO be moved, asking $7500. Phone (204)376-5244, Arborg MB.

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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

FARM HOUSE FREE APPROX 1,150-sq.ft. to be moved or salvaged, excellent for cottage, Oak Bluff. Phone (204)895-8326 or (204)895-0084.

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At De Dell Seeds, our seed corn prices begin at $150.00 per bag until

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.

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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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.

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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. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

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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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